Towards a theory of mutual dependency between school administrators and teachers: Bargaining theory as research heuristic

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-414

  Elstad, Eyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ICT in schools; Leadership; School organization; Teacher administrator relationship; The management of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849108726     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208090596     Document Type: Article

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