Teacher attitudes about compensation reform: Implications for reform implementation

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-463

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   De Armond, Michael ^a   De Burgomaster, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 79953907323     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391106400302     Document Type: Article

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