The influence of distributed leadership on teachers' organizational commitment: A multilevel approach

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-52

  Hulpia, Hester ^a   Devos, Geert ^a   Van Keer, Hilde ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Multilevel analysis; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449450317     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670903231201     Document Type: Article

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