The role of the principal's leadership style in the implementation of ICT policy

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-326

  Hadjithoma Garstka, Christina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICT POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP STYLE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79951882501     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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