Self-organisation and capacity building: Sustaining the change

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 701-719

  Bain, Alan ^a   Walker, Allan ^b   Chan, Anissa ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c St Paul's Co educational College   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Hong Kong; Leadership; Organizational change; Schools; Self organizing schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053337829     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231111174839     Document Type: Article

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