Modernizing leadership through private participation: A marriage of inconvenience with public ethos?

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-672

  Woods, Philip A ^a   Woods, Glenys J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Modernization; Public ethos; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 10444268885     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093042000300445     Document Type: Review

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