Applicability of the organisational climate description questionnaire - rutgers elementary: A south African case study

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Vos, D ^a   Ellis, S M ^a   van der Westhuizen, Philip C ^a   Mentz, P J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Improving organizational climate; OCDQ; Organizational climate; Primary schools; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881563133     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/201503070759     Document Type: Article

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