Auditing staff-management communication in schools: A framework for evaluating performance

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 176-182

  Tourish, Dennis ^a   Hargie, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Communications; Employees; Management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442474550     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513549810220632     Document Type: Article

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