Globalization and leadership and management: A comparative analysis of primary schools in England and Finland

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-432

  Webb, Rosemary ^a   Vulliamy, Graham ^b   Sarja, Anneli ^c   Hämäläinen, Seppo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Globalization; Leadership; Management; Principals; School culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249131373     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520600942420     Document Type: Article

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