A study of the relationships between distributed leadership, teacher academic optimism and student achievement in Taiwanese elementary schools

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-515

  Chang, I Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

academic optimism; distributed leadership; student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857524012     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2011.614945     Document Type: Article

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