Leading learning in Asia – emerging empirical insights from five societies

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 130-146

  Hallinger, Philip ^a,b   Walker, Allan ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Instructional leadership; Leadership; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015962582     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-02-2017-0015     Document Type: Review

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