The Job Realities of Beginning and Experienced Assistant Principals

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-128

  Barnett, Bruce G ^a   Shoho, Alan R ^a   Oleszewski, Ashley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84857331358     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2011.611924     Document Type: Article

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