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ERIC Number: EJ480439
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
Teachers and Their Motivation Values: Pre-existing Personality or Environmental Traits?
Reiger, Robert C.; Rees, Richard T.
Educational Research Quarterly, v16 n3 p11-21 Jul 1993
Whether specific motivational traits (social concern, goal directedness, self-reliance, external and intrinsic qualities, and task involvement) are related to gender, race, and religion was studied for 74 New Jersey educators. Gender differences in motivation are not found, but racial differences for some variables are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Context Effect, Educational Environment, Motivation, Personality Traits, Racial Differences, Religion, School Personnel, Sex Differences, Teacher Motivation, Teachers, Values, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Jersey; Self Reliance