Exploring coherence as an organizational resource for carrying out reform initiatives

Teachers College Record

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1957-1979

  Madda, Christina L ^a   Halverson, Richard R ^b   Gomez, Louis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35648944899     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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