Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 23 Issue 8

Leading communities: capabilities and cultures

The concept of community leadership is examined, using a model with four arenas of leadership. Little attention has been paid to the capabilities which managers (as well as…

Employee commitment: the key to absence management in local government?

Employee absence has been widely acknowledged in recent years to be a growing problem for organisations, including local government organisations. This paper investigates linkages…

Participation as the key to successful change – a public sector case study

Public sector reform has focussed attention on how different models of change can contribute to organizational metamorphosis. Traditional “top down” approaches are unlikely to…

Leading urban institutions of higher education in the new millennium

This study gained insight into the impinging realities that college and university presidents will face in the new millennium, into the roles and strategies available for tackling…

Leadership and innovation in the public sector

This article considers the nature and role of leadership in three ideal types of public management innovation: politically‐led responses to crises, organizational turnarounds…

Note from the publisher

Guest editorial