'I don't want to be a school head': Women deputy heads' insightful constructions of career advancement and retention

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-238

  Oplatka, Izhar ^a   Tamir, Vered ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Career advancement; Deputy headship; Female leadership; Headship

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149091667     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208100299     Document Type: Article

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