Beyond the power of one: Redesigning the work of school principals

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-177

  Thomson, Pat ^a   Blackmore, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case studies; Innovative school leadership; Principalship; Principles for redesign of school leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547576438     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-006-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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