Valuing knowledge over action: the example of gender in educational leadership

Gender and Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 432-443

  Lumby, Jacky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

leadership; post structural theory; qualitative interviews; sub Saharan Africa; surveys; women; workplaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879551546     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2013.772568     Document Type: Article

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