Multisource Principal Evaluation Data: Principals’ Orientations and Reactions to Teacher Feedback Regarding Their Leadership Effectiveness

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 572-599

  Goldring, Ellen B ^a   Mavrogordato, Madeline ^b   Haynes, Katherine Taylor ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; feedback; instructional leadership; leadership effectiveness; principal evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940052377     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X14556152     Document Type: Article

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