Toward a contingency theory of decision making

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 212-228

  Tarter, C John ^a   Hoy, Wayne K ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Decision making; Education; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986164021     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578239810214687     Document Type: Article

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