Leadership and leadership development in academic libraries: a review

Library Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2017, Pages 153-166

  Wong, Gabrielle Ka Wai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Emergent leadership; Headship; Leadership; Leadership development; Team leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014842704     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LM-09-2016-0075     Document Type: Review

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