Gunslinger school administrators: Nontraditional leadership in urban school systems in the United States

Urban Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-637

  Eisinger, Peter K ^a   Hula, Richard C ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Reform; Superintendent

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644242152     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085904266995     Document Type: Review

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