Leadership for learning: Does collaborative leadership make a difference in school improvement?

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 654-678

  Hallinger, Philip ^a   Heck, Ronald H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative leadership; educational change school accountability; school improvement; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149394258     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143210379060     Document Type: Article

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