The relevance of personal mastery to leadership: The case of school principals in Singapore

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-470

  Retna, Kala S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

personal mastery; principals; school leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857534206     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2011.587403     Document Type: Article

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