Decentralized decision making and organizational effectiveness in colleges for vocational education: A structural equation model for school organization

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-213

  Boerman, Pieter L J ^a   Bechger, Timo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 24944546189     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1380361970030301     Document Type: Article

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