Student and Teacher Perceptions of School Climate: A Multilevel Exploration of Patterns of Discrepancy

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Mitchell, Mary M ^a   Bradshaw, Catherine P ^a   Leaf, Philip J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom and school level factors; Multilevel modeling; Organizational health; School climate; Student and teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 77953986741     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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