Transformational and transactional leadership effects on teachers' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior in primary schools: The Tanzanian case

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-177

  Nguni, Samuel ^a   Sleegers, Peter ^b   Denessen, Eddie ^c  

^a Agency for the Development of Educational Management (ADEM)   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33745097132     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450600565746     Document Type: Article

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