Gender leadership in Cape Coast Municipality primary schools

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-201

  Agezo, Clement K ^a   Hope, Warren C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961068175     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2010.537448     Document Type: Article

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