Challenges and research agenda of school leadership in Taiwan

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-353

  Pan, Hui Ling Wendy ^a   Chen, Peiying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; change leadership; education reform; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053529535     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2011.606270     Document Type: Review

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