School-based management and the role conflict of the school superintendent

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-564

  Nir, Adam E ^a   Eyal, Ori ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decentralized control; Israel; Local management of schools; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745593851     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230310489362     Document Type: Article

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