The tyranny of bureaucracy: Continuing challenges of leading and managing from the middle

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-65

  Fitzgerald, Tanya ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Middle leadership; New public management; Reform; School organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049121383     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208098164     Document Type: Article

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