Exploring professional identities: Middle leadership in further education colleges

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-485

  Briggs, Ann R J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61249681160     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430701606152     Document Type: Review

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