The employment styles of school principals recruiting beginning teachers

Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-268

  Broadley, G ^a   Broadley, K M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beginning teacher; Headteachers; Hiring teachers; Interview; Leadership style; NOTs; Principals; Recruiting teachers; Self managing schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644265825     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188042000277322     Document Type: Article

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