The capacity to build organizational capacity in schools

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 653-669

  King, M Bruce ^a   Bouchard, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Educational policy; Equality; Leadership; Organizational learning; School reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053305025     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231111174802     Document Type: Article

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