A comparative case study on school management practices in two schools in the United States and Turkey

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Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-496

  Silman, Fatos ^a   Simsek, Hasan ^b  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Administrative processes; Anglo Saxon tradition; Comparative study; Napoleonic tradition; School management; Schools

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EID: 68249110435     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920701603388     Document Type: Article

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