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Dancing on the Ceiling: A Study of Women Managers in Education

Valerie J. Hall

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Prologue Dancing on the Ceiling Methodology Watching from the Wings In Search of a Lifestyle Choices and Dilemmas The Man in the Moon is a Miss Taking over a Headship The Symbolic Behaviour of Women Heads Walking Their Talk Women and Human Resource Management Follow My Lead Women and Power Governors and Senior Colleagues Working with or Dancing round? Summary and Conclusions Women Leading the Dance

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Prologue Dancing on the Ceiling Methodology Watching from the Wings In Search of a Lifestyle Choices and Dilemmas The Man in the Moon is a Miss Taking over a Headship The Symbolic Behaviour of Women Heads Walking Their Talk Women and Human Resource Management Follow My Lead Women and Power Governors and Senior Colleagues Working with or Dancing round? Summary and Conclusions Women Leading the Dance

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Prologue Dancing on the Ceiling Methodology Watching from the Wings In Search of a Lifestyle Choices and Dilemmas The Man in the Moon is a Miss Taking over a Headship The Symbolic Behaviour of Women Heads Walking Their Talk Women and Human Resource Management Follow My Lead Women and Power Governors and Senior Colleagues Working with or Dancing round? Summary and Conclusions Women Leading the Dance

Key concepts: Prologue, Ceiling (cloud), Dance, Glass ceiling, Power (physics), Gender studies, Psychology, Sociology

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