Principals' openness to change in Malatya, Turkey

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 12, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Aslan, Mahire ^a   Beycioglu, Kadir ^a   Konan, Necdet ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards change; Principals; School reform; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849091621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 12069620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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