Positioning or positioned: Teachers' perspectives on the leadership of sixth form colleges

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-84

  Stoten, David William ^a  

^a Prior Pursglove College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership and management; New Public Management; Postmodernist and New Modernist organisations; Sixth Form College; Teachers' perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952731550     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2011.549734     Document Type: Article

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