Educational Leadership and Context: A Rendering of an Inseparable Relationship

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 167-182

  Clarke, Simon ^a   O’Donoghue, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

context; leadership; practice; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976525134     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2016.1199772     Document Type: Article

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