From instructional leadership to leadership capabilities: Empirical findings and methodological challenges

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Robinson, Viviane M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 78149373308     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700760903026748     Document Type: Article

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