The 'bigger feeling': The importance of spiritual experience in educational leadership

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-155

  Woods, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inner resources; School leadership; Spiritual awareness; Spirituality; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847672004     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143207071390     Document Type: Article

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