Rigid response in an age of accountability: The potential of leadership and trust

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-216

  Daly, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Leadership; Shared leadership; Threat rigidity; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949197203     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X08330499     Document Type: Article

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