Modelling the effects of principal leadership and school capacity on teacher professional learning in Hong Kong primary schools

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 481-501

  Hallinger, Philip ^a   Lu, Jiafang ^a  

^a Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

capacity; leadership; principal; professional development; teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027949341     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2014.938039     Document Type: Article

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