Leading schools in circumstances of multiple deprivation in South Africa: Mapping some conceptual, contextual and research dimensions

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-362

  Maringe, Felix ^a   Moletsane, Relebohile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional schools; leadership; multiple deprivation; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930398229     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143215575533     Document Type: Article

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