Can good principals keep teachers in disadvantaged schools? Linking principal effectiveness to teacher satisfaction and turnover in hard-to-staff environments

Teachers College Record

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2552-2585

  Grissom, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84858841500     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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