Governance, leadership, and management in federations of schools

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-74

  Chapman, Christopher ^a   Lindsay, Geoff ^b   Muijs, Daniel ^a   Harris, Alma ^c   Arweck, Elisabeth ^b   Goodall, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Federation; Governance; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649115025     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450903569734     Document Type: Article

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