School leadership that makes a difference: international perspectives

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Hallinger, Philip ^a   Huber, Stephan ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute for Management and Economics of Education (IBB)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

international; principal; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868319205     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2012.681508     Document Type: Editorial

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