Autonomous leadership and a centralised school system An odd couple? Empirical insights from Cyprus

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 823-841

  Brauckmann, Stefan ^a   Schwarz, Alexandra ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Deregulation; Educational policy; Leadership; Policy; School autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926292919     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-08-2013-0124     Document Type: Article

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