Gender debate and teachers' constructions of masculinity vs. femininity of school principals: The case of Muslim teachers in Israel

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-112

  Arar, Khalid ^a,b   Oplatka, Izhar ^b  

^a Center for Academic Studies   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

femininity; leadership; management; masculinity; Muslim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874387878     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2012.723620     Document Type: Article

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