Transformational school leadership: Principals’ strategic vision and teacher development practices

Asia's High Performing Education Systems: The Case of Hong Kong

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-174

  Ko, James ^a   Walker, Allan ^a  

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

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