Principals’ conceptions of their current power basis revealed through phenomenography

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Özaslan, Gökhan ^a  

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bases of power; French and Raven; Phenomenography; School administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034599557     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-10-2016-0120     Document Type: Article

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