Understanding schools as organizations: Implications for realizing professional learning communities

The Handbook of Leadership and Professional Learning Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-28

  Johnson, Bob L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 84994194906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230101036_2     Document Type: Chapter

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