Beginning principals: Balancing at the top of the greasy pole

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-309

  Walker, Allan ^a   Qian, Haiyan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Expectation; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746372421     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230610674921     Document Type: Article

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