Leadership in the Age of Governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Eva Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Interactive Governance ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Government Reforms ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Public Leaders

Building on an extensive literature on interactive governance, Chapter 2 explains what it entails to be in the age of governance and scrutinizes the implications for the performance of public leadership. A key message is that public leadership increasingly takes on the form of metagovernance, i.e. the governance of governance. As meta-governors, public leaders govern self-regulating actors through different hands-off and hands-on regulation methods. Forty years of government reforms have gradually restructured the public sector to support the performance of metagovernance, and inspiration came from different strands of neo-institutionalism. Metagovernance research has mainly focused on managerial metagovernance, however, while paying scant attention to political metagovernance and the role of politicians as leaders of interactive governance processes. Recent strands of political leadership theory provide important insights for developing a notion of political metagovernance and get to grips with the role of politicians in the age of governance.

Public leadership behaviors of school principals: does it affect teacher motivation and job satisfaction in Turkish culture?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bünyamin Han ◽  
Rasim Tösten ◽  
Zakir Elçiçek
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Teacher Motivation ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Mediating Role

PurposeThe aim of this research is to examine the public leadership (PL) behaviors of principals working in public schools and its effect on teacher motivation (M) and job satisfaction (JS). Moreover, the mediating role of JS in the relationship between PL and M is also explored.Design/methodology/approachThis research is quantitative and designed in relational survey model conducted with 327 teachers working in Siirt/Turkey in 2020. In the research, Public Leadership Scale, Teacher Motivation Scale and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. Descriptive analyses were used in data analysis. Moreover, mediating role of job satisfaction between public leadership and teacher motivation was tested.FindingsAccording to the results, the public leadership behaviors of school principals, motivation and job satisfaction of teachers are high according to teacher opinions. Additionally, public leadership behaviors of school principals have an effect on teacher motivation and job satisfaction. On the other hand, this study found a negative effect between public leadership and motivation when the effect of job satisfaction is controlled. The possible reasons for this situation were discussed in term of cultural differences.Practical implicationsThe results of this study imply that the leadership behaviors of school principals have cultural elements. Future research should be careful in measuring the political loyalty dimension of the public leadership and should take cultural element into consideration.Originality/valueAlthough there are many types of leadership, the type of leadership differs depending on the purpose of the organization, environmental conditions and culture. The lifestyle of the society, current developments and the structure of the organization are effective in interpreting the leadership needed in the organization. When looking at the models created about leadership in organizations, the effect of this type of leadership on organizational behavior is generally tried to be explained. This is also the case for motivation or job satisfaction. Therefore, this study also focuses on the effect of public leadership in explaining the job satisfaction and motivation of employees in educational organizations. However, another distinctive aspect of this research is that the cultural structure of the society is emphasized in the model to be created.

scholarly journals INTER-FAITH BELIEVER’S CONFLICTS AND ITS SOLUTIONS IN NORTH SUMATRA INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arifinsyah Arifinsyah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Multiple Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Religious Teaching ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Public Leaders ◽  
North Sumatra

<p><strong>Abstract<em></em></strong></p><p class="Abstract">The aim of this study is to find out the root of the conflict and its solution proposed by the religious leaders to maintain the harmony among religious believers. After conducting a qualitative research, the results show that the conflict in this region is more dominant coming from the economic resources, not because of religious teachings. Besides, they are also caused by the behaviour of the believers concerning to religious cultural identity but they are relatively small. The solutions given  by the leaders indicate that (1) building up the commitment of togetherness among the leaders, (2) the support of the public leaders in mediating the conflicting believers, (3) the multiple  role of the leaders in socializing the universal values of the religious teaching and the local wisdom, and (4) doing inter-faith and inter-ethnic dialogues among the believers honestly, openly, respectively. By doing these, the excellence and the national harmony in north Sumatera will come true.</p><p class="Keywords"><strong>Keywords:</strong> inter-faith believer’s conflicts, national harmony</p><p><strong><em>Abstrak</em></strong></p><p><em>Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui akar dari konflik dan solusi yang diajukan oleh para pemuka agama untuk menjaga kerukunan umat beragama. Setelah dilakukan penelitian kualitatif, didapatkan hasil bahwa konflik di wilayah ini lebih dominan bersumber dari sumber daya ekonomi, bukan karena ajaran agama. Selain itu, juga disebabkan oleh perilaku pemeluk agama yang terkait dengan identitas budaya agama namun relatif kecil. Solusi yang diberikan oleh pemimpin menunjukkan bahwa (1) membangun komitmen kebersamaan antar pemimpin, (2)</em><em> </em><em>dukungan pemimpin masyarakat dalam memediasi konflik pemeluk agama, (3) peran ganda pemimpin dalam mensosialisasikan nilai-nilai universal. tentang ajaran agama dan kearifan lokal, dan (4) melakukan dialog antaragama dan antaretnis antar umat beriman secara jujur, terbuka, masing-masing. Dengan demikian akan terwujud keunggulan dan kerukunan bangsa di Sumatera Utara.</em><em></em></p><strong><em>Kata Kunci :</em></strong><em> Konflik Antar Umat Beragama, Kerukunan Bangsa</em>

scholarly journals Stakeholders’ Risk Perceptions of Decarbonised Energy System: Insights into Patterns of Behaviour

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 7205
Author(s):  
Farid Karimi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Societal Culture ◽  
Steel Industries

According to EU goals and the Paris Agreement, an urgent need exists for reducing CO2 emissions while still securing energy supply. Thus, the timely deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is seemingly unavoidable, especially for the cement and steel industries. However, diverse perceptions of CCS among stakeholders such as experts, politicians, and laypeople exist that could hinder the deployment of the technology. Hence, it is worthwhile to recognise these diverse perceptions and their roots. In the studies on risk perceptions, the emphasis has been mostly on the public, as well as factors that influence the public, such as knowledge dissemination and trust. Although these are crucial elements, they are not enough to explain the complexity of risk perceptions. In contrast to the mainstream research, this paper hypothesises that both laypeople and experts are affected by common cultural denominators, therefore, might have similar patterns of risk perceptions. This research suggests a framework that explains the role of societal culture in risk governance, arguing that thrifty, uncertainty avoidant, hierarchical societies tend to have a higher risk perception of CCS. This study is based on a synthesis of the earlier research, an extensive literature review, and an analysis of interviews data.

scholarly journals Public health leadership in the times of COVID-19: a comparative case study of three countries

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Glenn ◽  
Claire Chaumont ◽  
Pablo Villalobos Dintrans
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
The Core ◽  
Public Leaders ◽  
The Way

PurposeThe purpose is to understand the role of public leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and advocate for a more active role of public health professionals in helping manage the crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use the framework developed by Boin et al. (2005) on crisis leadership. The authors focus on three of the core tasks – sense-making, decision-making and meaning-making – that are relevant to explain the role of public leaders during the ongoing crisis. The authors draw from the experience of three countries – Chile, France and the United States – to illustrate how these tasks were exercised with concrete examples.FindingsSeveral examples of the way in which public leaders reacted to the crisis are found in the selected countries. Countries show different responses to the way they assessed and reacted to the COVID-19 as a crisis, the decisions taken to prevent infections and mitigate consequences, and the way they communicate information to the population.Practical implicationsA better understanding public leadership as a key for better crisis management, particularly for designing policy responses to public health crises. Public health leaders need to assume a more active role in the crisis management process, which also implies the emergence of a new class of public health leaders and a more prominent role for public health in the public eye.Originality/valueThe use of examples from three different countries, as well as the focus on the core leadership tasks during an ongoing crisis help not only assessing the crisis management but also extracting lessons for the coming months, as well as future public health emergencies. The three authors have a first-hand experience on the evolution of the crisis in their countries and the environment, since they are currently living and working in public health in Chile, France and the United States.

What is Public about Public Leadership? Exploring Implicit Public Leadership Theories

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Vogel ◽  
Laura Werkmeister
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Implicit Leadership ◽  
Implicit Leadership Theories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Public Leaders

Abstract While scholarship on public leadership has recently gained momentum in public administration, it is unclear how researchers should account for the “public” in public leadership. We shed new light on this issue by introducing the approach of Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) to the field of public administration. This socio-cognitive approach suggests that people’s everyday, rather than scholarly, theories about the characteristics of leaders provide important explanations of how they respond to leadership situations. We investigate whether people hold Implicit Public Leadership Theories (IPLTs) and explore how these images of public leaders contrast with generic ILTs. We extract these taxonomies from data gathered in a survey experiment in Germany (N = 1,072). Results show that IPLTs have overlaps with generic ILTs but are unique in terms of rule abidance and innovation-orientation. In contrast, charismatic aspects of leadership only figure in generic ILTs. The structure of ILTs, both generic and public, is surprisingly stable across the subsamples of public and non-public employees. We discuss how the findings may assist public management scholars in the development of explicit theories of public leadership and derive a research agenda based on a socio-cognitive approach.

scholarly journals Necessities and Ways of Combating Dissatisfactions at Workplaces Against the Job-Hopping Generation Y Employees

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092092696
Author(s):  
MD Mahamudul Hassan ◽  
Manimekalai Jambulingam ◽  
Elangkovan Narayanan Alagas ◽  
Md. Uzir Hossain Uzir ◽  
Hussam Al Halbusi
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Gen Y ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Turnover Costs

The vital role of the private sector in the overall development of a country is crucial as proven by private tertiary industries. Despite its phenomenal success all over the world, private sectors are facing enormous challenges due to frequent turnover of Generation Y (Gen Y). Such phenomena cause massive overt and covert losses. Gen Y workers are optimistic, practical and often have attrition tendencies at workplaces. Extensive literature indicates the turnover problem of Gen Y remains unresolved. Frustration acts as the most crucial factor contributing to frequent turnover. The employers state similar effects. Turnover studies have been performed in the Western sense, though turnover problems exist all over the world, which include a developing country like Bangladesh. Another problem is the turnover rate in the public sector is lower than the private sector. Since each company strives to achieve the best output and lower turnover to avoid brain drain, they refrain from high turnover costs and maintaining competent staff. This quantitative study discovers that there is an urgent need to establish retention-friendly approaches to mitigate Gen Y frustration and retain them in the workplace. Gen Y retention approaches, management initiatives, soft HRM, work–life balance and employee satisfaction are vital resources for Gen Y retention in the private sector.

scholarly journals Public Works in the Canadian City; the Provision of Sewers in Toronto 1870–1913

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Brace
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Canadian City ◽  
Public Versus Private ◽  
The City

Until the 1970s Canadian public works had been adequately described, but never extensively studied in the literature of urban history, which has focused on other aspects of the city-building process. Since then, Canadian public works history has been dominated by debates about the public versus private ownership of utilities. Scant attention has been paid to sewerage, which has only been alluded to in discussions about public health and sanitation. This paper aims to show that the historical provision of sewerage in Canadian cities was a fundamental part of the city-building process. It focuses on the provision of sewers in Toronto between 1870 and 1913 and argues that sewerage influenced and was influenced by contemporary debates about public health, local government intervention in the lives of citizens and the role of technology in the urban environment.

scholarly journals Leadership in Brazilian public universities: initiatives conducted by three state universities of São Paulo in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosley Anholon ◽  
Milena Pavan Serafim ◽  
Wagner Luiz Lourenzani ◽  
Iris Bento Silva ◽  
Izabela Simon Rampasso
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
State Universities ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
State University ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the role of aspects related to public leadership in the actions developed by three state universities in São Paulo (Brazil) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the University of Campinas (Unicamp), University of São Paulo (USP) and São Paulo State University (Unesp).Design/methodology/approachSince this is a viewpoint article, part of the information presented is characterized by the authors' points of view. It should be highlighted, however, that the information provided is based on searches in scientific bases, institutional websites and published press reports.FindingsAccording to the authors, aspects of public leadership are being properly employed by the public servants of the analyzed universities, resulting in the positive actions that have been implemented.Originality/valueThere is no existing literature on public leadership in these Brazilian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The role Of citizen advisory boards during times Of fiscal stress

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee L. Franklin ◽  
Victoria A. Rickard
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Fiscal Stress ◽  
Advisory Committees ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Federal Advisory Committees

When added together, there are currently 1000 federal advisory committees with over 60,000 participants. In one U.S. city of more than one million people there are over 700 citizens serving on advisory boards. Yet, this form of citizen participation receives scant attention in the public administration literature (Lavertu & Weimer, 2010). We use the foil of the 2008 recession to reduce the gap in our knowledge. Advisory boards offer the potential for giving citizens power since they provide direct input into decision-making. Results from interviews of 25 citizen advisory board members suggest this does occur. However, the way in which the board leverages its power is novel. The experiences of citizen advisory board members can inform attempts to increase the legitimacy of participation, especially during fiscal stress.

scholarly journals Nýjar hæfniskröfur til stjórnenda ríkisstofnana

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-106
Author(s):  
Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir ◽  
Sólmundur Már Jónsson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Research Article ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Leaders ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research article contributes to leadership in the public sector by investigating the effect of a new policy for public leaders, introduced by Icelandic authorities in the summer of 2019. In the policy, the skillsets that are considered fundamental for public leaders in Iceland were defined. In this article, this policy of public leadership is analyzed, as well as its criteria and context, in order to answer the question if it reflects public leadership in organizations. Also, new leadership training and development is lacking which is not in accordance to the new public policy on leadership. Qualitative data was used and in-depth interviews were conducted with ten new public leaders. The main conclusions indicate that the new public leaders thought that the new public policy was relevant to their work. However, the participants felt they needed more training and mentoring when they were hired. Thus, there is a difference between the policy and its execution. The Covid-19 epidemic has, of course, dramatically impacted their working environment. The practical value of this research is in shedding a light on real assignments that public leaders face.

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