Tensions in higher education leadership: Towards a multi-level model of leadership practice

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-376

  Bolden, Richard ^a   Petrov, Georgy ^a   Gosling, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60149099403     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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