A methodological review of research on leadership development and social capital: Is there a cause and effect relationship?

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-90

  van de Valk, Lawrence J ^a   Constas, Mark A ^a  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; leadership development; methods; program evaluation; review; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650967237     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713610380443     Document Type: Article

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