Teacher involvement in school development activity and its relationships to attitudes and subjective norms among teachers: A study of Norwegian elementary and junior high school teachers

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-456

  Midthassel, Unni Vere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Norway; School development activity; Subjective norms; Teacher involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142678232     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X03261801     Document Type: Article

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