The fragility of trust in the world of school principals

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-494

  Walker, Keith ^a   Kutsyuruba, Benjamin ^b   Noonan, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broken trust; Canada; Fragility of trust; Principals; Trust; Trust imperative

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052595430     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231111159502     Document Type: Article

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