Teaching at a Minimum: Exploring the Wellbeing of Filipino Tertiary Educators who Quiet Quit

The phenomenon of quiet quitting has gained traction in recent years across various professions, yet its impact on teachers remains underexplored particularly in the Philippines where teachers underpaid, unrecognized, and overworked. Therefore, this Generic Qualitative Inquiry study examined five ma...

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Main Authors: April Chanel Soriano Varias, Gail Conway
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Indonesian Psychological Science
Online Access:https://ejournal.uin-malang.ac.id/index.php/jips/article/view/26927
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