Assessing the utility of a daily log for measuring principal leadership practice

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 707-737

  Camburn, Eric M ^a   Spillane, James P ^b   Sebastian, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Consortium on Chicago School Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

logs; measurement; principal practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149398337     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X10377345     Document Type: Article

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