Principals and the politics of resistance to change

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 646-660

  Starr, Karen ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

change; micro politics; power; principals; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355164000     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143211416390     Document Type: Review

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