School leaders' perspectives on leadership learning: The case for informal and experiential learning

Management in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Brundrett, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experiential learning; leadership development; National College; socialization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957592835     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020610376792     Document Type: Article

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