Leadership talent identification and development: Perceptions of heads, middle leaders and classroom teachers in 70 contextually different primary and secondary schools in England

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-335

  Rhodes, Christopher ^a   Brundrett, Mark ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership crisis; Leadership talent; Succession management; Succession planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849104186     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208090592     Document Type: Article

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