'Can they walk on water?': Professional isolation and the secondary headteacher

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-178

  Mercer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005642374     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260136960160204     Document Type: Article

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