Developing Singapore school leaders to handle complexity in times of uncertainty

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Ng, Pak Tee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complexity; Principals; Program development; School leadership; Uncertainty; University government partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875588935     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-013-9253-1     Document Type: Article

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