International Journal of Public Leadership: Volume 14 Issue 4

Ten propositions about public leadership

Jean Hartley

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some pressing but under-researched aspects of public leadership. Ten propositions about public leadership are set out and…

Leaping into public leadership

Afsaneh Nahavandi, Lyn Corbett

The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons for and consequences of leaders moving from other sectors to the public arena and provide guidelines for successful transitions…

Citizen engagement in South Africa: the case Prince Albert

Vinitha Siebers

The purpose of this paper is to gain insight in how South African local governments organize citizen engagement. The new South African constitution provides ways to construct and…

Transformational and transactional leadership and skills approach: Insights on stadium management

Majd Megheirkouni, Amarachi Amaugo, Shehu Jallo

The purpose of this paper is to identify the required leadership styles and skills for stadium management, and examine the relationship between transformational and transactional…

Trust-culture leadership in local public administrators’ work

Matthew R. Fairholm, Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh, Godlove A. Binda

Trust and culture are common themes in leadership literature and research. The purpose of this paper is it to describe an emergent model of trust-culture leadership from the…

The relationship between leadership style and employee performance: An exploratory study of the Ghanaian public service

Frank L.K. Ohemeng, Emelia Amoako-Asiedu, Theresa Obuobisa Darko

The purpose of this paper is to advance critical theoretical insights into the idea of “relational bureaucratic leadership” and its implications for public administration in…

Leadership and public financial management reforms in Jamaica

Sonia D. Gatchair

The purpose of this paper is to assess the utility of complex adaptive leadership to public financial management reforms in Jamaica and provide insights to advance theoretical…