The Relationship between Organizational Properties and Service Effectiveness in Residential Boarding Schools

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-271

  Schmid, Hillel ^a   Bar Nir, Dorit ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346488587     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(01)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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