An Australian model of successful school leadership: Moving from success to sustainability

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 697-708

  Johansson, Olof ^a   Moos, Lejf ^a   Drysdale, Lawrie ^b   Goode, Helen ^b   Gurr, David ^b  

^a The University of Melbourne ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Leadership; Principals; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350389596     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230910993087     Document Type: Article

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