School ethnicity and governance influences on work absence of teachers and school administrators

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-384

  Rosenblatt, Zehava ^a   Shirom, Arie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Administrators; Ethnicity; School based management; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745608453     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X05282613     Document Type: Review

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