Us and them: Conflict, collaboration, and the discursive negotiation of multishareholder roles in school district reform

Small Group Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-437

  Gillispie, Jesse ^a   Chrispeels, Janet H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of discourse; Collaboration; Conflict; Educational change; Management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049104517     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408319877     Document Type: Article

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