Characteristics of effective leadership networks

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 409-433

  Leithwood, Kenneth ^a   Azah, Vera Ndifor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leadership development; Network effectiveness; Principal interaction; Principal learning teams; Principal networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976561852     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-08-2015-0068     Document Type: Article

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