Leading for quality: Questions about quality and leadership in Australia

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-334

  Thomas, Sue ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical analysis; Discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549157274     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930801923807     Document Type: Review

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