The role of the principal in fostering the development of distributed leadership

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-214

  Murphy, Joseph ^a   Smylie, Mark ^b   Mayrowetz, David ^b   Louis, Karen Seashore ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Principal; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649117165     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430902775699     Document Type: Review

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