School principals’ evaluations of their instructional leadership behaviours: realities vs. ideals

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 508-530

  Kalman, Mahmut ^a   Arslan, Mustafa Cüneyt ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

challenges of fulfilling instructional leadership roles; instructional leadership behaviours; positive student outcomes; School principals; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992397296     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2016.1247049     Document Type: Article

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