Not enough science or not enough learning? Exploring the gaps between leadership theory and practice

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-339

  Middlehurst, Robin ^a  

^a Kingston Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 65249164912     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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