Department networks and distributed leadership in schools

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-187

  De Lima, Jorge Avila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Department heads; Distributed leadership; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249395437     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430801969864     Document Type: Article

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