The rocky road to headship

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-196

  Draper, Janet ^a   McMichael, Paquita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice; Decision making; Principals; Quality or working life; Recruitment; Teacher persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041760969     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700207     Document Type: Article

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