‘We still have bombings’: school principals and insurgent violence in Southern Thailand

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 505-533

  Brooks, Melanie Carol ^a   Sungtong, Ekkarin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 84937123376     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2015.1059489     Document Type: Article

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