The Autopoiesis of Educational Organizations: The Impact of the Organizational Setting on Educational Interaction

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-253

  Vanderstraeten, Raf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Education; Niklas Luhmann; Organization; Systems Theory

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL INTERACTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEM THEORY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0036245668     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.481     Document Type: Article

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