"A job too big for one": Multiple principals and other non-traditional approaches to school leadership

Distributed Leadership According to the Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-164

  Grubb, W Norton ^a   Flessa, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84916955693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203868539     Document Type: Chapter

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