Examining school culture in Flemish and Chinese primary schools

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 557-575

  Zhu, Chang ^a   Devos, Geert ^b   Tondeur, Jo ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

primary school; School culture; school culture scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903553983     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143213502190     Document Type: Article

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