Leadership and change in schools: Personal reflections over the last 30 years

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 129-140

  Seashore, Karen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change processes; Knowledge use; Organizational culture; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349094885     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-009-9111-4     Document Type: Review

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