A changing role for university professors? Professorial academic leadership as it is perceived by 'the led'

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 666-685

  Evans, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84938581677     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3163     Document Type: Article

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