Student perceptions of school culture and achievement: Testing the invariance of a model

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-152

  Marcoulides, George A ^a   Heck, Ronald H ^b   Papanastasiou, Constantinos ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Culture techniques; Cyprus; Educational administration; Perception; Schools; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844368556     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540510582435     Document Type: Article

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