Answering back to policy? Headteachers' stress and the logic of the sympathetic interview

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 649-667

  Thomson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Headteachers; Media; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549090178     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930802214248     Document Type: Article

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