Triangulating principal effectiveness: How perspectives of parents, teachers, and assistant principals identify the central importance of managerial skills

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1091-1123

  Grissom, Jason A ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational leadership; principal effectiveness; school management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052635769     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831211402663     Document Type: Article

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