Patterns of Tight and Loose Coupling in a Competitive Marketplace: The Case of Learning Center Franchises

Sociology of Education

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-387

  Aurini, Janice Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

inhabited institutions; institutional environments; learning centers; loose coupling; New Institutionalism; private education; private tutoring; technical environments; tight coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866774636     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040712441375     Document Type: Article

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