Leadership style and organizational learning: The mediate effect of school vision

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-30

  Kurland, Hanna ^a   Peretz, Hilla ^b   Hertz Lazarowitz, Rachel ^c  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

^b ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Leadership; Learning organizations; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952063291     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231011015395     Document Type: Article

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