A meta-analysis of distributed leadership from 2002 to 2013: Theory development, empirical evidence and future research focus

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-164

  Tian, Meng ^a   Risku, Mika ^a   Collin, Kaija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; leadership as agency; leadership as resource; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953404606     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143214558576     Document Type: Article

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