School culture and leadership of professional learning communities

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 682-694

  Carpenter, Daniel ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Professional learning communities; School culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930852674     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-04-2014-0046     Document Type: Article

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