Servant leadership: A preferred style of school leadership in Singapore

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-383

  Zhang, Yenming ^a   Lin, Tzu Bin ^a   Foo, Suan Fong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Dunman High School   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Authoritative style; Leadership; Leading behavior; Personal characters; Schools; Servant leadership; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863431251     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141211236794     Document Type: Article

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