Just the ticket? the national professional qualification and the transition to headship in the East Midlands of England

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-468

  Rhodes, Christopher ^a   Brundrett, Mark ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Headship; Leadership development; Leadership shortages; Npqh; Transition rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949093575     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910903404012     Document Type: Article

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