Does the gender of school personnel influence perceptions of leadership?

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-277

  Guramatunhu Mudiwa, Precious ^a   Bolt, Les L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational change; leadership; school effectiveness; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862625923     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2012.688742     Document Type: Review

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