Supporting educational management through action research

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 300-308

  McPherson, Maggie ^a   Baptista Nunes, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Continuing education; Distance learning; Education; Management; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542603988     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540210441254     Document Type: Article

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