Testing a longitudinal model of distributed leadership effects on school improvement

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 867-885

  Heck, Ronald H ^a   Hallinger, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Organizational change; School improvement; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958176076     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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