The emotional labour of the aspirant leader: Traversing school politics

Advances in Research on Teaching

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-97

  Gallant, Andrea ^a   Riley, Philip ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collegial relations; Display rules; Emotional labour; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886302374     PISSN: 14793687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3687(2013)0000018009     Document Type: Article

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