More (good) leaders for the public sector

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-315

  Alimo Metcalfe, Beverly ^a,b   Alban Metcalfe, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Leadership Research and Development Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational development; Public sector organizations; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE ROLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745476918     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550610669167     Document Type: Review

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