Leadership and institutional change in the public sector: The case of secondary schools in England

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 664-679

  Currie, Graeme ^a   Lockett, Andy ^a   Suhomlinova, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Institutional change; Leadership; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349094640     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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