Leadership skills of first-year students at public universities in Jordan

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-266

  Al Omari, Aieman Ahmad ^a   Tineh, Abdullah Mohammad Abu ^a   Khasawneh, Samer Mohammad ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Leadership; Leadership skills; Public universities; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949121413     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740802354252     Document Type: Article

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