Making sense of middle leadership: Community, power and practice

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 405-422

  Busher, Hugh ^a   Hammersley Fletcher, Linda ^b   Turner, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Swansea School of Education   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61249234579     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430701606061     Document Type: Article

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