Oborn, Eivor, Barrett, Michael and Dawson, Sandra (2013) Distributed leadership in policy formulation : a sociomaterial perspective. Organization Studies, 34 (2). pp. 253-276. doi:10.1177/0170840612473552 ISSN 0170-8406.

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Abstract

Leadership in public policy making is challenging. There is tension in gaining commitment from competing stakeholder groups, in sustaining public engagement in technically complex areas and securing broad-based support. Our paper illuminates these challenges through a case study of health policy development in the UK. We go beyond individual roles and leader–follower exchange relationships to develop the concept of distributed leadership using a sociomaterial approach to reveal how and why leadership is distributed across sociomaterial practices which together (re)configure policy coalitions and context. In so doing we also show how legitimacy and trust are sociomaterially enacted and shape leadership in public policy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Organization Studies
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0170-8406
Official Date:	February 2013
Dates:	Date Event February 2013 Published
Volume:	34
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 253-276
DOI:	10.1177/0170840612473552
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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