The impact of school leadership on school level factors: Validation of a causal model

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Krüger, Meta L ^a   Witziers, Bob ^b   Sleegers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33947689189     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450600797638     Document Type: Review

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