School leadership in an age of accountability: Tensions between managerial and professional accountability

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Møller, Jorunn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Managerial accountability; Professional accountability; School improvement; School leadership; Standards in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349094748     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-008-9078-6     Document Type: Article

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