Relationships between teacher value orientations, collegiality, and collaboration in school professional learning communities

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 337-354

  Ning, Hoi Kwan ^a   Lee, Daphnee ^a   Lee, Wing On ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Hofstede; Power distance; Professional learning communities; Team collaboration; Team collegiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930575126     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-015-9294-x     Document Type: Article

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