Factors influencing Jordanian and Saudi Arabian teacher decisions to pursue the principalship: A comparative study

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 473-485

  Al Omari, Aieman Ahmad ^a   Wuzynani, Muhammad M ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management; Principalship; School effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888343727     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2013.813451     Document Type: Article

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