Principals' social interactions with teachers: How principal-teacher social relations correlate with teachers' perceptions of student engagement

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-139

  Price, Heather E ^a,b  

^a Basis Policy Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Networks; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational theory; Perception; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921861082     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-02-2014-0023     Document Type: Article

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