Successful principals: Telling or selling? On the importance of context for school leadership

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-352

  Moos, Lejf ^a   Krejsler, John ^a   Kofod, Klaus Kasper ^a  

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EID: 61249197394     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603120802183913     Document Type: Article

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