Differences in perceptions of effective schools processes in differentially effective schools in China

International Journal of Management in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-368

  Liu, Shujie ^a   Teddlie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; management in education; multivariate analyses of variance; school effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863862329     PISSN: 1750385X     EISSN: 17503868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2010.033466     Document Type: Article

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