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Descriptive Study on Well-being, Burnout, and Engagement Among Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Southern Chile Cover

Descriptive Study on Well-being, Burnout, and Engagement Among Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Southern Chile

Glocality
Volume 8 (2025): Issue 1
By: Bryan Salgado  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/glo.107 | Journal eISSN: 2059-2949
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Language: English
Published on: Nov 17, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Engagement,
Burnout,
Well-being,
Teachers,
School education

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