School principal preparation in Europe

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-53

  Thody, Angela ^a   Papanaoum, Zoi ^b   Johansson, Olof ^c,e   Pashiardis, Petros ^d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^e University of Lincoln ^*

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Political Science ^*  (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; England; Greece; Principals; Schools; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846091730     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540710716812     Document Type: Article

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