New public management in public education: A catalyst for the professionalization of swedish school principals

Public Administration

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-444

  Jarl, Maria ^a   Fredriksson, Anders ^b   Persson, Sofia ^c  

^a Department of Education and Special Education ^*  (Sweden)

^b Center for Education Sciences and Teacher Research   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STUDENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84862681767     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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