A Bibliometric Review of Research on Educational Administration: Science Mapping the Literature, 1960 to 2018

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 335-369

  Hallinger, Philip ^a   Kovačević, Jasna ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

bibliometric review; educational administration; educational leadership; knowledge production; review of research; science mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061834997     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654319830380     Document Type: Review

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