HOW PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP IS STUDIED: AN EXAMINATION OF A QUARTER CENTURY OF SCHOLARSHIP

• Published in: Public administration (London) Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 111 - 128
• Main Authors: CHAPMAN, CARRIE, GETHA-TAYLOR, HEATHER, HOLMES, MAJA HUSAR, JACOBSON, WILLOW S., MORSE, RICARDO S., SOWA, JESSICA E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Bureaucracy; Leadership; Public administration; Public services; Scholarship

This exploratory study surveys the public service leadership literature from a selection of leading public administration journals over a 25‐year period (1987–2012). Patterns in methods used to study public leadership are explored, along with how those methods vary across settings within the public...