Building research capacity for African institutions: confronting the research leadership gap and lessons from African research leaders

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 220-245

  Owusu, Francis ^a   Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^b   Awortwi, Nicholas ^c   Kiiru, Joy Mueni Maina ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c KMA Centre   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 84930320847     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2015.1046497     Document Type: Article

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