Looking towards the source - Social justice and leadership conceptualisations from Tonga

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 672-683

  Fua, Seu'Ula Johansson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Culture; Education; Leadership; Pacific region; Social justice; Tonga

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148819286     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230710829865     Document Type: Article

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