Dutch primary schools and the concept of the learning organization

The Learning Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-156

  Karsten, Sjoerd ^a   Voncken, Eva ^a   Voorthuis, Marjon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Learning organizations; Schools; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170564     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470010335863     Document Type: Article

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