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Bureaucratic Control or Professional Autonomy?: Performance management in New Zealand schools

Tanya Fitzgerald School of Education, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Private Bag 92025, Auckland, NZ
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Howard Youngs Bethlehem Institute of Education, Private Bag 12015, Tauranga, NZ
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Peter Grootenboer University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, NZ
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