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ERIC Number: EJ160629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Motivation to Teach
Bess, James L.
Journal of Higher Education, 48, 3, 243-58, May/Jun 77
The relationships between important needs of faculty and the processes and contexts of teaching in institutions of higher learning that might affect need satisfaction are examined. It is suggested that the various dimensions of the teaching role serve to frustrate need satisfaction rather than to facilitate it. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Morale, Teacher Motivation, Teaching Conditions
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