Total quality management in secondary schools in Kenya: Extent of practice

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-362

  Ngware, Moses Waithanji ^a   Wamukuru, David Kuria ^b   Odebero, Stephen Onyango ^b  

^a Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Kenya; Leadership; Secondary schools; Teachers; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750604578     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880610703947     Document Type: Article

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