Teacher safety and authoritative school climate in high schools

American Journal of Education

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-425

  Gregory, Anne ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^b   Fan, Xitao ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 84863905119     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666362     Document Type: Article

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