Agreement of self-other perceptions matters: Analyzing the effectiveness of principal leadership through multi-source assessment

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 225-246

  Ham, Seung Hwan ^a   Duyar, Ibrahim ^b   Gumus, Sedat ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

instructional leadership; Multi source assessment; principal effectiveness; principal teacher relationship; self other agreement; teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944061772     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: 20505884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004944115603373     Document Type: Article

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