Why Some Teachers Resist Change and What Principals Can Do About It

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-249

  Zimmerman, Judith ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change resistance; leading school change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993815478     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636506291521     Document Type: Article

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