The school board president's perception of the district superintendent: Applying the lenses of social influence and social style

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 533-570

  Petersen, George J ^a   Short, Paula M ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/00131610121969415     Document Type: Article

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