Values, priorities and responses: Comparing English headteachers' and Hong Kong principals' perceptions of their work

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-60

  Bottery, Mike ^a   Ngai, George ^b   Wong, Ping Man ^c   Wong, Ping Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

educational reforms; English headteachers; Hong Kong principals; perceptions; portraits; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874389799     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2012.740798     Document Type: Article

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