Currie, Graeme, Grubnic, Suzana and Hodges, Ron. (2011) Leadership in public services networks : antecedents, process and outcome. Public Administration, Vol.89 (No.2). pp. 242-264. ISSN 0033-3298

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Abstract

In this article, the authors examine the implementation of policy aimed to promote the role of organizational networks and distributed leadership in the establishment and consolidation of public service reform. In theory, leadership and networks should complement each other, with the less hierarchical logic of the network allowing leadership of change, distributed among network members, rather than led from a single organizational apex, to flourish. In practice, as a consequence of inherent bureaucracy, power differentials between network participants, and a strong centralized performance management policy regime, a relatively parsimonious form of distributed leadership is enacted, with the networks tending towards 'managed partnerships'.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Transformational leadership, Strategic planning, Organizational change, Great Britain. National Health Service -- Administration, Health services administration -- England, Health care reform -- England
Journal or Publication Title:	Public Administration
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0033-3298
Date:	June 2011
Volume:	Vol.89
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	25
Page Range:	pp. 242-264
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01931.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	British Academy
Grant number:	LRG 37525 (BA)
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