An examination of leadership competencies of school principals in Turkey and the united states

Egitim ve Bilim

Volumn 35, Issue 158, 2010, Pages 58-74

  Babaoǧlan, Emine ^a   Litchka, Peter R ^b  

^a MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership; School principal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878480553     PISSN: 13001337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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