Educational middle change leadership in New Zealand: The meat in the sandwich

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 502-528

  Gregory Marshall, Steven ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Change leadership; Higher education; Line management; Middle leaders; Middle managers; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865781186     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513541211251361     Document Type: Article

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