An Organizational Perspective of Distributed Leadership: A Portrait of a Middle School

RMLE Online

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Angelle, Pamela S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84928493192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19404476.2010.11462068     Document Type: Article

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