Balance in academic leadership: Voices of women from Turkey and the United States of America (US)

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-62

  Hacifazlioǧlu, Özge ^a  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic leadership; Balance; Higher education; Turkey; US; Women leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954798657     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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