Schools as Organizational Models: Implications for Examining School Effectiveness

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Griffith, James ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 1542709434     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499741     Document Type: Article

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