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Principal job satisfaction, distributed leadership, teacher-student relationships, and student achievement in Turkey: a multilevel mediated-effect model

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Pages 281-299 | Received 06 Nov 2021, Accepted 11 Mar 2022, Published online: 13 Apr 2022

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