How school context and educator characteristics predict distributed leadership: A hierarchical structural equation model with 2013 TALIS data

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 401-423

  Liu, Yan ^a   Bellibas, Mehmet Sukru ^b   Printy, Susan ^c  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; distributed leadership; leader characteristics; school contextual factors; teacher characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044399097     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143216665839     Document Type: Article

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