Successful school leadership in rural contexts: The case of cyprus

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-553

  Pashiardis, Petros ^a   Savvides, Vassos ^a   Lytra, Eleni ^a   Angelidou, Kakia ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

administration; leadership; management; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052474267     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143211408449     Document Type: Article

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