Cultivating leadership in Asian libraries: a longitudinal impact study

Library Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2016, Pages 243-264

  Yang, Tina T ^a   Sidorko, Peter E ^a   Woo, Esther M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Leadership; Longitudinal study; Management; Survey; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977144625     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LM-02-2016-0012     Document Type: Article

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