Behaviour of Turkish elementary school principals in the change process: An analysis of the perceptions of both teachers and school principals

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-215

  Gokçe, Feyyat ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Change management; Change process; School management; School principals; Turkish schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149092154     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208100298     Document Type: Article

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