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A critique of transformational leadership : moral, professional and contingent dimensions of leadership within public services organizations
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Currie, Graeme and Lockett, Andy (2007) A critique of transformational leadership : moral, professional and contingent dimensions of leadership within public services organizations. Human Relations, Vol.60 (No.2). pp. 341-370. doi:10.1177/0018726707075884 ISSN 0018-7267.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726707075884
Abstract
Our study of secondary schools in England illustrates the ineffective implementation of transformational leadership within public service organizations by policy-makers. First, a rather narrow, managerialist variant of transformational leadership is promoted, which is resisted by school teachers and principals. Second, associated with this, policy does not take account of the institutional context within which public services organizations operate. Third, policy-makers, rather than leaders transform the context within which leadership takes place and any leadership discretion is constrained by central government audit. Instead, moral, professional and contingent approaches to leadership are enacted at the local level with individualized, rather than dispersed leadership, as a consequence of regulatory and normative pressures.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Centre for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education and Industry 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: | Human Relations | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0018-7267 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.60 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 341-370 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0018726707075884 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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