... local government through the establishment of a full three-tier panchayati raj system can be critical in promoting inclusive representation and participation. For this to happen, the local panchayati bodies should be duly empowered with financial and executive authority, and elections should be held...

... at times. Another relatively unique feature of this paper is its focus on a city that employs a mayor-council form of governance, a type of governance structure that has been underdiscussed in the literature to date. Leadership development Local government Public administration Leadership training...

...Rogers Rugeiyamu Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess reasons behind experienced challenges by local government authorities (LGAs) in operating Women, Youth and People with Disabilities Fund (WYDF) in Tanzania. Specifically, it assesses the reasons behind failures to recover loan by LGAs...

...) and sociocultural context (North Italy). Findings are presented as three stories, although other ways of showing qualitative data could have been used. Practical implications Practical implications deal with the attempt to enable a reflexive view of local governance and public leadership attentive to soft...

... elected officials' beliefs about effective leadership behaviors and if these beliefs differ by a respondent's gender. Gender Local government Democracy Public sector leadership Public leadership Local leadership Millions of local leaders across the globe make important decisions...

...Michal Plaček; David Špaček; František Ochrana Purpose This paper discusses the role of public leadership and the strategic response of local governments to the external shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examine the typical Czech response with regard to how the leadership...

...Jennifer Capler Purpose This article details a qualitative descriptive case study of affective factors of effective decision-making of one local government organization in the United States of America. The specific problem was that many elected American local government representatives lack...

... independence of the single professional (employment, scale of fees) (Bennett, 2006). Whether executive coaching is on its way to becoming a profession is debatable and remains to be seen. Talent management Local government Public sector leadership Executive coaching Like any new field of study...

...Michael K. Mickson; Alex Anlesinya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of transformational and transactional leadership behaviours on local government worker’s job satisfaction as well as to determine which one of these two leadership behaviours is a better predictor...

...Mikael Hellström; Ulf Ramberg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the perceptions senior public leaders in local government have regarding the need for business intelligence and their perceptions of the extent to which their organizations are capable of effectively assimilating...

...Jacob Torfing; Eva Sørensen; Tina Ollgaard Bentzen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study and assess the content, functioning and impact of institutional reforms aiming to enhance collective and holistic political leadership at the level of local government. Design/methodology/approach...

...Matthew R. Fairholm; Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh; Godlove A. Binda Purpose Trust and culture are common themes in leadership literature and research. The purpose of this paper is it to describe an emergent model of trust-culture leadership from the comments of local government managers in the USA...

...Paul Tarplett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer insights into the nature of the challenges leaders across local government face, the skills and personal qualities they need in the present environment and how to develop them. Local authorities, in common with other parts of the public...

... Approaches for Local Government Megan Reitz and Melissa Carr Faculty members at Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK Eddie Blass Senior Lecturer in Professional Education, University of Hertfordshire, UK Abstract This paper examines ongoing research (Blass & Carr, 2006) exploring the development of future leaders...

...Paul Iles; Michael Macaulay This article looks at the role of leadership development in the ethical leadership of English local government. Since the development of the ethical framework with the Local Government Act 2000 leadership has been seen to be increasingly important, although comparatively...

...Su Maddock The purpose of this paper is to explore the connections between the individual philosophies of chief executives in local government and their approach to implementing change and service improvement, and how chief executives interpret their role in the improvement process, given...