Implementing educational policy at the school level: Organization dynamics and teacher concerns

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-23

  van der Vegt, Rein ^a   Smyth, Leo F ^b   Vandenberghe, Roland ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Implementation; Organizational theory; Policy; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012677144     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230110366883     Document Type: Article

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