What Are the Different Types of Principals Across the United States? A Latent Class Analysis of Principal Perception of Leadership

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-134

  Urick, Angela ^a   Bowers, Alex J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

instructional leadership; latent class analysis; leadership effectiveness; leadership styles; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894513693     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X13489019     Document Type: Article

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