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Leadership in public organizations : an introduction
- Author
- Van Wart, Montgomery, 1951-
- Title
- Leadership in public organizations : an introduction / Montgomery Van Wart, with Paul Suino.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Published
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2012.
- Description
- xiii, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Other contributors
- Suino, Paul.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Understanding theories of leadership and leadership styles
- Early management, trait, stratified dystems and transactional theories of of leadership
- Charismatic and transformational approaches
- Distributed approaches to leadership
- Ethics-based leadership theories
- Leadership approaches focusing on influence, attribution, and a changing environment
- Competency-based leadership approaches
- Traits that contribute to leader effectiveness
- Skills that contribute to leader effectiveness
- Assessments by leaders and the goals to which they lead
- Task-oriented behaviors
- People-oriented behaviors
- Organizational-oriented behaviors
- Leadership development and evaluation.
- Subject headings
- Leadership. Public administration.
- ISBN
- 9780765625502 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0765625504 (pbk. : alk. paper)