The quest for a new hierarchy in education: From loose coupling back to tight?

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 521-533

  Boyd, William Lowe ^a   Crowson, Robert L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Governance; Hierarchy; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348860981     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230210446018     Document Type: Article

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