Motives and power of school board members: Implications for school board-superintendent relationships

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 704-741

  Mountford, Meredith ^a  

^a Missouri's Statewide Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Power; School board member; School boards; Superintendents

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044377436     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04268843     Document Type: Article

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