Social exchange in Dutch schools for vocational education and training:The role of teachers’ trust in colleagues, the supervisor and higher management

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 755-771

  Thomsen, Maren ^a   Karsten, Sjoerd ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

management; organizational citizenship behaviour; organizational commitment; organizational support; procedural justice; schools; social exchange; teachers; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996177257     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143214535737     Document Type: Article

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