The Satisfaction of Alaska's Isolated Rural Teachers with Their Work Life.

Kleinfeld, Judith; McDiarmid, G. Williamson

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ERIC Number: EJ352967

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Satisfaction of Alaska's Isolated Rural Teachers with Their Work Life.

Kleinfeld, Judith; McDiarmid, G. Williamson

Research in Rural Education, v3 n3 p117-20 Spr 1986

Examines sources of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction among 304 teachers from small, isolated, rural Alaska schools. Reveals satisfaction with student relationships and pay benefits and dissatisfaction with community amenities, students' academic progress, and school district management. Indicates interorganizational relationships with district office causes more stress than cross-cultural relationships with students and community. (NEC)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Quality of Working Life, Rural Education, Stress Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Employment Benefits, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Conditions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Alaska

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