Critical perspectives on changes in educational leadership practice

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-425

  Wang, Ting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

educational leadership; international education; leadership practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051942859     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11516-011-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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