The School as a Complex Social Organization: A CONSIDERATION OF PATTERNS OF AUTONOMY

1 September 1964

journal article
Published by Harvard Education Publishing Group in Harvard Educational Review

Vol. 34 (3), 428-455
https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.34.3.t878v1j5328m2w31

Abstract

In contrast to many studies of behavior in complex organizations, the author focuses on patterns of autonomy instead of compliance. He discusses the sources of autonomy and how it is structured for adults and children in the school.

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