Using a research strategy including empirical, interpretive, and narrative strands, this book reorients studies of educational administration that have been dominated by organizational theory originating in the world of industry and commerce. It examines administrators' lived experience, or lifeworld practice.
"This work compares importantly with that of other path-breaking studies in educational administration, such as those by Foster, Bates, Greenfield, and Hodgkinson. .[It] is a strong foundation for much needed research applications to the lifeworld of management-research that throws a new light on possibilities of leadership practice." -Max van Manen, Univerity of Alberta
