Faculty trust in the principal: An essential ingredient in high-performing schools

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-92

  Tschannen Moran, Megan ^a   Gareis, Christopher R ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrators; Collegial leadership; Educational administration; Faculty trust; Instructional leadership; Organizational culture; Principal leadership; Principals; School climate; Student achievement; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921892947     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-02-2014-0024     Document Type: Article

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