Towards a model of teacher receptivity to planned system-wide educational change in a centrally controlled system

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 350-367

  Waugh, Russell F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Organizational change; Teachers, Employee attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744498578     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230010373615     Document Type: Article

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