Transformational School Leadership Effects on Student Achievement

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 418-451

  Sun, Jingping ^a   Leithwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84867612139     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2012.681001     Document Type: Review

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