Performance-related pay: The views and experiences of 1,000 primary and secondary head teachers

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-23

  Wragg, Ted ^a   Haynes, Gill ^a   Chamberlin, Rosemary ^a   Wragg, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance related pay; Teachers; Threshold Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444435551     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152032000048550     Document Type: Article

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