Culture and educational administration: A case of finding out what you don’t know you don’t know

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 98-116

  Hallinger, Philip ^a,b   Leithwood, Kenneth ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986083421     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578239610148296     Document Type: Article

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