School leadership in turbulent times and the value of negative capability

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-18

  Clarke, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

complexity; leadership; learning; negative capability; school leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948102394     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2015.1010692     Document Type: Article

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