Organizational climate for innovation and creative teaching in urban and rural schools

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 935-951

  Chang, Cheng Ping ^a   Chuang, Hao Wan ^b   Bennington, Lynne ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creative teaching behaviors; Organizational climate for innovation; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954584802     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-010-9405-x     Document Type: Article

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