School leadership of the future: How the national education institute in slovenia supported schools to develop distributed leadership practice

European Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 7-22

  Sentočnik, Sonja ^a   Rupar, Brigita ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Education Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84883420841     PISSN: 10564934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EUE1056-4934410301     Document Type: Article

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