Does recruitment message content normalize the superintendency as male?

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 551-577

  Newton, Rose Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Educational Administration Programs

Author keywords

Gender; Recruitment; Superintendents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748252459     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X06291413     Document Type: Article

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