Are we legitimate yet?: A closer look at the casual relationship mechanisms among principal leadership, teacher self-efficacy and collective efficacy

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Kurt, Türker ^a   Duyar, Ibrahim ^b   Çalik, Temel ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary schools; Principals; Teachers; Transformational leadership; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455218503     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211191014     Document Type: Article

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