The strange case of the emergence of distributed leadership in schools in England

Educational Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-487

  Hall, David J ^a   Gunter, Helen ^a   Bragg, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; education policy; leadership; new public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885332312     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2012.718257     Document Type: Article

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