When 'becoming a 50% school' is success enough: A principal-agent analysis of subject leaders' target setting

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-511

  Davies, Peter ^a   Coates, Gwen ^a   Hammersley Fletcher, Linda ^a   Mangan, Jean ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51749090533     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13634230500340898     Document Type: Review

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