Leadership in public organizations an introduction - Van Wart, Montgomery 1951-; Suino, Paul. (Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe, 2012)
Introduction -- Understanding theories of leadership and leadership styles -- Early management, trait, stratified systems 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.
Keywords: Leadership; Public administration