Women secondary school principals: Multicultural voices from the field

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-469

  Wrushen, Barbara Rivers ^a   Sherman, Whitney H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural women; Secondary principals; Women in leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749112497     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390802297771     Document Type: Article

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