Personal agency in leadership learning using an Australian heuristic

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-143

  Lovett, Susan ^a   Dempster, Neil ^b   Flückiger, Bev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heuristic tool; personal agency; personal learning profile; professional learning for leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917672049     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2014.891532     Document Type: Article

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