Principals' sense of uncertainty and organizational learning mechanisms

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-152

  Schechter, Chen ^a   Asher, Neomi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Change management; Israel; Learning organizations; Organizational learning mechanisms; Principals; Schools; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856784674     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513541211201951     Document Type: Article

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