Distributed leadership patterns and service improvement: Evidence and argument from English healthcare

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-239

  Fitzgerald, Louise ^a   Ferlie, Ewan ^b   McGivern, Gerry ^c   Buchanan, David ^d  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change leadership; Distributed leadership; Organizational performance; Public services organizations; Service improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872409134     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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