Evaluating the imperative of intraorganizational collaboration: A school improvement perspective

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-44

  Gajda, Rebecca ^a   Koliba, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration theory; Communities of practice; Organizational learning; School improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847288738     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214006296198     Document Type: Article

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