Taking a distributed perspective: Epistemological and methodological tradeoffs in operationalizing the leader-plus aspect

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-213

  Spillane, James P ^a   Camburn, Eric M ^b   Pustejovsky, James ^a   Pareja, Amber Stitziel ^a   Lewis, Geoff ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive control; Leadership; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549089306     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230810863262     Document Type: Article

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