Personal empowerment, efficacy, and environmental characteristics

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-86

  Edward, Jennifer L ^a   Green, Kathy E ^b   Lyons, Cherie A ^c  

^a Amer Bd of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Empowerment; Environment; Management; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842678337     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230210415625     Document Type: Article

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