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Studying Administration Relationally

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In the previous chapters I have interrogated ‘leadership’ as a label in the scientific enterprise and argued for re-thinking the research object of educational administration as the organising of schooling in a particular space and time.

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Eacott, S. (2015). Studying Administration Relationally. In: Educational Leadership Relationally. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-911-1_5

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