Directive versus participative leadership: Two complementary approaches to managing school effectiveness

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 777-800

  Somech, Anit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Directive leadership; Empowerment; Organizational commitment; Participative leadership; School effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444466929     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X05279448     Document Type: Review

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