Education policy, distributed leadership and socio-cultural theory

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Hartley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Education policy; Socio cultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249166777     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910902844721     Document Type: Article

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