Multidimensionality of teacher participation in school decision making

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1421-1427

  Gokturk, S ^a   Mueller, R O ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making dimensions; Decision participation; Multidimensional; School management; Structural equation modeling; Teacher

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MANAGERS; TEACHING;

DECISION PARTICIPATION; HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL; MULTIDIMENSIONALITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEACHER; TEACHERS'; TECHNICAL DIMENSIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77953750223     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1421.1427     Document Type: Article

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