Principal supply and quality demands: A tale of two Asia-Pacific city states

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-208

  Walker, Allan ^a   Stott, Kenneth ^b   Cheng, Yin Cheong ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Administrator selection; Principals; Professional development; Promotion; Recruitment; Teacher mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042261724     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700208     Document Type: Article

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