Paradigms: How far does research in distributed leadership 'stretch'?

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-285

  Hartley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Paradigms; Schools; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952176000     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143209359716     Document Type: Article

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