Towards educational change leadership as a discursive practice-or should all school leaders read Foucault?

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-172

  Thomson, Pat ^a   Hall, Christine ^a   Jones, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877737097     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2012.693204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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