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Public Administration Leadership Theories

Charbonneau, E., Bromberg, D., & Henderson, A. C. (2020). Public administration and organizational theory: Prescribing the proper dose. Public Organization Review, 20(1), 63-78.
Crosby, B. C., & Bryson, J. M. (2018). Why leadership of public leadership research matters: and what to do about it. Public Management Review, 20(9), 1265-1286.
Dubnick, M. J. (2018). Demons, spirits, and elephants: Reflections on the failure of public administration theory. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 4(1), 59-115.
Fairholm, M. R., Dzordzormenyoh, M. K., & Binda, G. A. (2018). Trust-culture leadership in local public administrators’ work. International Journal of Public Leadership, 14(4), 260-273.
Hassan, S., & Wright, B. E. (2020). The behavioral public administration movement: A critical reflection. Public Administration Review, 80(1), 163-167.
Pyun, H.-O., & Edey Gamassou, C. (2018). Looking for public administration theories? Public Organization Review, 18(2), 245-261.
Raadschelders, J. C. N. (2019). The state of theory in the study of public administration in the United States: Balancing evidence-based, usable knowledge, and conceptual understanding. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 41(1), 79-98.
Starke, A. M. (2018). Pariahs no more? On the status of theory and theorists in contemporary public administration. Administrative Theory & Praxis 40(2), 143-149.
Swain, R. D. (2019). Leadership lessons through the lens of historical military leaders: A pedagogical approach to teaching leadership theories and concepts in a Masters of Public Administration ... Teaching Public Administration, 37(2), 234-252.
Tria, G., & Valotti, G. (2012). Part III: Leadership and public sector reforms. Reforming the Public Sector: How to Achieve Better Transparency, Service, and Leadership, 127-170.
Yeboah, A. E., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2019). Transdisciplinary public leadership theory: Between the extremes of "traditional public administration" and "new public management." Journal of Public Affairs, 19(1).

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Reforming the Public Sector
ISBN: 9780815722892
Publication Date: 2012