Institutional v. technical environments: Reconciling the goals of decentralization in an evolving charter school organization

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-261

  Huerta, Luis A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 67650644617     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01619560902810179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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