Why Superintendents Turn Over

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1146-1180

  Grissom, Jason A ^a   Andersen, Stephanie ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

district leadership; educator labor markets; school boards; superintendents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869748614     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831212462622     Document Type: Article

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