The emergence of distributed leadership in education: Why now?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-214

  Hartley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Culture; Distributed leadership; New organisational forms; Public services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547358033     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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