Educational tug-of-war: Internal and external accountability of principals in varied contexts

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-406

  Gonzalez, Raymond A ^a   Firestone, William A ^b  

^a Wayne NJ Public Schools   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Ethics; Leader values; Leadership; Schools; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878235324     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231311311528     Document Type: Article

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