The pain outweighs the gain: Why teachers don't want to become principals

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 757-782

  Howley, Aimee ^a   Andrianaivo, Solange ^a,b,c   Perry, Jessica ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University ^*

^c Ministry of Education   (Madagascar)

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