Contemporary challenges and changes: principals' leadership practices in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 353-365

  Jones, Michelle ^a   Adams, Donnie ^a   Hwee Joo, Mabel Tan ^b   Muniandy, Vasu ^a   Perera, Corinne Jaqueline ^a   Harris, Alma ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; leadership practices; principal leadership preparation; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983371510     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2015.1056591     Document Type: Article

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