Principals’ perceptions of the motivation potential of performance agreements in underperforming schools

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Heystek, Jan ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accountability; Motivation; Performance agreements; Performance management; Power; School leadership; Underperforming school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930445395     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v35n2a986     Document Type: Article

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