University professors as academic leaders: Professorial leadership development needs and provision

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 123-140

  Evans, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic mentoring; academic practice; academic working life; intellectual leadership; professoriate; research leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007082642     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143215578449     Document Type: Article

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