Measuring leadership and management and their linkages with literacy in rural and township primary schools in South Africa
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Keywords
education; management; school quality; leadership; South Africa; literacy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2019-01-21 (Development)
- NEP-URE-2019-01-21 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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