Personalised leadership development? Lessons from the pilot NPQH in England

Educational Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Crawford, Megan ^a   Earley, Peter ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership development; NPQH; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751696458     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2010.517606     Document Type: Article

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