The principalship: How significant is mentoring?

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-52

  Hansford, Brian ^a   Ehrich, Lisa C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Principals; Research; Research results

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144447894     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230610642647     Document Type: Article

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