Making sense of images of fact and fiction: A critical review of the knowledge base for school leadership in vietnam

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 445-466

  Hallinger, Philip ^a   Walker, Allan ^b   Trung, Gian Tu ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Institute for Educational Research   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Administrators; Asia; Culture; Leadership; Principal; Review; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931827734     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-05-2014-0060     Document Type: Article

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