Beyond the labor market paradigm: A social network perspective on teacher recruitment and retention;Más allá del paradigma del mercado laboral: Una perspectiva de red social sobre reclutamiento y retención de maestros

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-17

  Baker Doyle, Kira ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Social networks; Teacher persistence; Teacher recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649403056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v18n26.2010     Document Type: Article

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