Post-secondary department heads: Expectations for academic leadership and authority

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 10-20

  Jones, David R ^a   Holdaway, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Authority; Colleges; Leadership; Tertiary education; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249056276     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513549610115064     Document Type: Article

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