Teacher team commitment, teamwork and trust: Exploring associations

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 462-479

  Park, Sungmin ^a   Henkin, Alan B ^a   Egley, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Job scope; Skills; Teachers; Teamworking; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144441891     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230510615233     Document Type: Article

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