Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Finnish principals: Leadership training and views on distributed leadership

Tapio Juhani Lahtero
  • Tapio Juhani Lahtero
  • Training Schools, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Raisa Susanna Ahtiainen
  • Raisa Susanna Ahtiainen
  • Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Niina LÃ¥ng
  • Niina LÃ¥ng
  • Education Department, City of Vantaa, Finland.
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  •  Received: 17 October 2018
  •  Accepted: 03 May 2019
  •  Published: 23 May 2019

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