Stories of compliance and subversion in a prescriptive policy environment

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-148

  MacBeath, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Culture; Inspection; Leadership; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849006437     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143207084064     Document Type: Article

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