The relationships between school autonomy gap, principal leadership, teachers’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 959-977

  Dou, Diya ^a   Devos, Geert ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; organizational commitment; principal leadership; School autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031293155     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143216653975     Document Type: Article

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