Teachers' reflections on distributive leadership in public primary schools in Soweto

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Naicker, Suraiya R ^a   Mestry, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Collective leadership; Decision making; Distributive leadership; Hierarchy; Leadership styles; Power; Principals; School climate; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878069406     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v33n2a715     Document Type: Article

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