Women secondary head teachers: Alive and well in Birmingham at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Management in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Fuller, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Secondary school head teachers; Under representation Birmingham; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449131919     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020608099078     Document Type: Article

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