Constancy and change in work practice in schools: The role of organizational routines

Teachers College Record

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-657

  Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners ^a   Spillane, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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