Gender balance in leadership?: Reform and modernization in the UK further education sector

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-365

  McTavish, Duncan ^a,b   Miller, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Further education; Gender; Leadership; Management; Modernization

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349135528     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143209102784     Document Type: Article

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