Distributed leadership through the lens of Activity Theory

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 814-836

  Yuen, Jeanne Ho Pau ^a   Victor Chen, Der Thanq ^a   Ng, David ^a  

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Author keywords

Activity Theory; Distributed leadership; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983772223     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143215570302     Document Type: Article

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