Cause maps and school leaders' tacit knowledge

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 524-546

  Wassink, Hartger ^a   Sleegers, Peter ^a   Imants, Jeroen ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Knowledge; Leadership; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947662251     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230310489353     Document Type: Article

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