Relationships in reform: The role of teachers' social networks

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-391

  Daly, Alan J ^a   Moolenaar, Nienke M ^b   Bolivar, Jose M ^a   Burke, Peggy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Transformative Inquiry Design for Effective Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Leadership; Public sector reform; Social networks; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952003756     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231011041062     Document Type: Article

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