Leadership development and school improvement: Contemporary issues in leadership development

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-389

  Bush, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaching; Leadership preparation; Mentoring; Networking; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949131982     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910903403956     Document Type: Article

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