Distributed Leadership: The Uses and Abuses of Power

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-597

  Lumby, Jacky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

administration; distributive leadership; gender; leadership; management; power; race; schools; shared leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883540226     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143213489288     Document Type: Article

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