School Culture and Performance: Testing the Invariance of an Organizational Model

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-95

  Heck, Ronald H ^a,c   Marcoulides, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Educational Administration   (United States)

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EID: 0001806918     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345960070104     Document Type: Article

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