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Leadership, service reform, and public-service networks : the case of cancer-genetics pilots in the English NHS
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Martin, Graham P., Currie, Graeme and Finn, R. (2009) Leadership, service reform, and public-service networks : the case of cancer-genetics pilots in the English NHS. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol.19 (No.4). pp. 769-794. doi:10.1093/jopart/mun016 ISSN 1053-1858.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mun016
Abstract
In attempting to reform public services, governments worldwide have sought to effect change through policies aimed at both transforming structures of public-service provision and facilitating the agency of public servants working within these. Various obstacles have been found, however, to impede the effectiveness of such efforts. In this article, the authors examine the role of organizational networks and distributed leadership—two prominent policies aimed at structure and agency, respectively—in the establishment and consolidation of service reform in the English National Health Service. Using a comparative case-study approach, they contrast the trajectories of two attempts to introduce and gain acceptance for service reform, noting important differences of context, process, and outcome between the sites. The findings indicate the importance of dispersed, as well as distributed, leadership in achieving change in a networked public-service setting. Effective leaders may indeed achieve change through the structures and processes of the network. However, the coexistence alongside the network of other organizational forms constrains the ability of leaders to achieve change without complementary action beyond the boundaries of the network.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | ||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 1053-1858 | ||||
| Official Date: | October 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.19 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 26 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 769-794 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/jopart/mun016 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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