Using social network methods to study school leadership

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-207

  Pitts, Virginia M ^a   Spillane, James P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational measurement; General methodology; Mixed methods; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350533776     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437270902946660     Document Type: Article

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