The relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' academic optimism

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-228

  Mascall, Blair ^a   Leithwood, Kenneth ^a   Straus, Tiiu ^a   Sacks, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributive control; Individual behaviour; Leadership; Teachers; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549100705     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230810863271     Document Type: Article

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