Predictors of pupils' and teachers' identification with a merged school

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2577-2605

  Boen, Filip ^a,b   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^a   Hollants, Karen ^a   Feys, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Humanities in Kinesiology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 33644503898     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02115.x     Document Type: Article

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