OBJECTIVE To determine the difficulties of mothers living with children suffering from intellectual disabilities, and the influence of socio-demographic factors aggravating the situation. METHODS The study was conducted from September to December 2009 in Odemis, Izmir in western Turkey, in one public-sector and two private-sector rehabilitation centres for disabled children. The research samp...

In a recent life-history interview study of two generations of male and female principals in Toronto elementary and secondary schools from 1940–1980, respondents repeatedly said that they had moved into their administrative role because they were in the right place at the right time. I use Clegg’s (1981) configuration of organizational rules of control to question why so few women became princi...