Tightly coupled policy in loosely coupled systems: Institutional capacity and organizational change

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 561-575

  Fusarelli, Lance D ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Education; Organizational change; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742315596     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230210446045     Document Type: Article

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