Successful principalship in Norway: Sustainable ethos and incremental changes?

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 731-741

  MØller, Jorunn ^a   VedØy, Gunn ^a   Presthus, Anne Marie ^b   Skedsmo, Guri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leadership; Norway; Principals; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350357066     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230910993113     Document Type: Article

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