Leadership at the top: Some insights from a longitudinal case study of a UK business school

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-145

  Williams, Allan P O ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business schools; Case study; Deans; Strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049083846     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208098167     Document Type: Article

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