Values and actions: An exploratory study of school principals in the mainland of China

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-387

  Pisapia, John R ^a   Lin, Ying ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong   (China)

Author keywords

school principals; strategic leadership actions; value orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051951538     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11516-011-0137-z     Document Type: Article

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