Instructional leadership practices in Singapore

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 388-407

  Ng, Foo Seong David ^a   Nguyen, Thanh Dong ^a   Wong, Koon Siak Benjamin ^a   Choy, Kim Weng William ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

instructional leadership; principal leadership; principalship; school leadership; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942986688     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2015.1010501     Document Type: Article

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