Sustaining school performance: School contexts matter

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-326

  Gu, Qing ^a   Johansson, Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84880322732     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2012.732242     Document Type: Article

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