Cross-national comparisons in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP): The USA, Norway and China

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-422

  Johnson, Lauri ^a   Møller, Jorunn ^b   Jacobson, Stephen ^a   Wong, Kam Cheung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Multi site case study methods; Successful principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949105825     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830802184582     Document Type: Article

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