Developing “middle leaders” in the public services?: The realities of management and leadership development for public managers

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-477

  McGurk, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership development; Management development; Middle managers; Public sector organizations; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349684964     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550910982841     Document Type: Article

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