What makes teacher teams in a vocational education context effective?: A qualitative study of managers' view on team working

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-73

  Truijen, K J P ^a   Sleegers, P J C ^a   Meelissen, M R M ^a   Nieuwenhuis, A F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Team building; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872051104     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665621311288485     Document Type: Article

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