A feminist postcolonial examination of female principals' experiences in South African secondary schools

Gender and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-551

  Mestry, Raj ^a   Schmidt, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

educational administration; feminism; Gender; leadership; postcolonial feminism; postcolonialism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865101517     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2011.628926     Document Type: Article

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