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Author Evans, Paul

Title Critical Leadership : Leader-Follower Dynamics in a Public Organization
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages)
Series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
Routledge critical studies in public management.
Contents Cover; Critical Leadership; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Literature, context, methodology and design; 2 Leadership studies; 3 The public sector in context; 4 Methodological considerations; Part II Field research: data illustrations and interpretations; Introduction to Chapters 5-10; 5 The challenge to leadership and the dynamic of ambiguity; 6 The limitations to leadership and the dynamic of the environment; 7 The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of resource acquisition
8 The balance within leadership and the dynamic of symbiosis9 The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of politics; 10 The agency of followers and the dynamic of game playing; Part III Discussion and conclusions; 11 Discussion and conclusions; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The book offers a critical account of the nature of leadership and management in modern organizations. Specifically it examines the forces that affect the influence relationship between leaders and followers in public sector organizational settings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public administration.
Leadership.
Leadership
Public administration
Form Electronic book
Author Hassard, John
Hyde, Paula
ISBN 9781136264085
1136264086