Resilient principals in challenging schools: The courage and costs of conviction

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 638-654

  Day, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

resilience; successful principals; teachers' lives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907998226     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2014.937959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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