Principals' sense of efficacy: Assessing a promising construct

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-585

  Tschannen Moran, Megan ^a   Gareis, Christopher R ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Measurement; Motivation (psychology); Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746335816     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230410554070     Document Type: Article

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