Organizational Environment in Schools: Commitment, Control, Disengagement, and Headless

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 481-505

  Cheng, Yin Cheong ^a  

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EID: 84973794643     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X91027004003     Document Type: Article

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