Distributed Leadership in Policy Formulation: A Sociomaterial Perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-276

  Oborn, Eivor ^a   Barrett, Michael ^b   Dawson, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; enacted; healthcare reform; legitimacy; policy process; practice; relational; sociomaterial; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874219013     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612473552     Document Type: Article

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