Integrating work-based learning into large-scale national leadership development programmes in the UK

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-405

  Simkins, Tim ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Large scale change; Leadership development; Middle leaders; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949118408     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910903403964     Document Type: Article

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