Leadership for social justice and the characteristics of traditional societies: ponderings on the application of western-grounded models

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 352-369

  Oplatka, Izhar ^a   Arar, Khalid Husny ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Sakhnin College for Teacher Education   (Israel)

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EID: 84929247119     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2015.1028464     Document Type: Note

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