Leadership styles at Syrian higher education: What matters for organizational learning at public and private universities?

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 477-491

  Khalifa, Bayan ^a   Ayoubi, Rami M ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Higher education; Organizational learning; Syria; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929231491     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-03-2014-0036     Document Type: Article

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