...Abongile Sipondo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of Ubuntu philosophy into Africa’s public sector leadership. The emphasis is on the need for culturally relevant leadership models rooted in Ubuntu ethics to foster effective public administration and overcome...

...Mahadih Kyambade; Afulah Namatovu Purpose This study examines the relationships between ethical leadership, code of ethics, job satisfaction and employee integrity in Uganda’s public sector. Specifically, it investigates the direct effects of ethical leadership and code of ethics on integrity...

...Dedy Eryanto; Iris van Eeden Jones; Karin Lasthuizen Purpose This study investigates the impact of political interference on the capacity to combat corruption within Indonesian public sector institutions. It analyses the troubling impact of politicians in strategic leadership positions in public...

...Khawaja Fawad Latif; Iftikhar Ahmed; Suhaib Aamir Purpose The objectives of the study are threefold. First, it offers the development and validation of a scale to measure public sector servant leadership. Second, the study assesses the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship of servant...

...Mahabat Baimyrzaeva; Carolyn Taylor Meyer Purpose This article asks (1) what megatrends are likely to significantly influence public sector roles and in what ways and (2) how might higher education institutions better prepare public sector leaders for the future shaped by these trends. While...

...Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi; Terje Slåtten; Gudbrand Lien Purpose This study clarifies the factors that foster individual innovative behaviour in the public sector by examining the effects and roles of empowering leadership, work group cohesiveness and individual learning orientation. This study also...

... and other management competencies to assist in the decision-making process within the healthcare section of the public sector. Social implications The study highlights that there is a need for better understanding of the inter-connectivity of the public service culture, global health governance...

... and ethics. Design/methodology/approach Four themes are addressed: the conceptualization of ethical leadership theories, the existence of popular measurement instruments for ethical leadership, findings on ethical leadership in the public sector and outcomes of ethical leadership in terms of benefits...

... (OAO), and continuous improvement process and renewal have a negative relationship with the performance of public sector organizations (PSOs) surveyed in Pakistan. Research limitations/implications The study’s small sample size limits this research, and only quantitative methodology is applied...

...Anton Jacobus Olivier; Erwin Schwella Purpose In response to the significant gap between strategy planning and execution, a conceptual model was developed in an attempt to close this gap, particularly in the public sector. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach...

... Questionnaire (MLQ) to examine leadership in a traditional, non-western country where organizational change dominates the public sector. Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative research methods is used. Findings Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative research methods reveals that the way...

...Mohammad Mohabbat Khan; Md. Shahriar Islam Purpose – The story of the Bangladesh public sector is not a happy one as it has often failed to uphold efficiency and equality in delivering services to the people. Hence leadership has a critical role to play to ensure equality, effectiveness...

... of betrayal, making this a difficult concept to define universally. Practical implications The findings in this viewpoint can be applied to experiences of leadership and betrayal across the public sector. Originality/value This paper explains that naming the feeling of betrayal enables the proposal...

...Tor Busch; Grete Wennes Purpose The past 30 years have been a period marked by extensive modernisation programmes in the public sector. Principles taken from the New Public Management agenda have been adopted, and market solutions have been implemented across a broad range of service areas...

... 2010 Organisational leadership Public sector Purposeful self‐renewing organisation Adaptation Turbulent Cost reduction Peer-reviewed paper Leadership in the public sector the next decade Patricia Lustig Fellow, SAMI Consulting and Visiting Executive Fellow, Henley Business School, UK...

...Helen Gunter The author argues that leadership in the public sector operates within the belief of a historical and often mythical hierarchy, and that leadership as a term often is over‐used and under‐conceptualised. This ‘leadership delusion’ is located in a functional approach to leadership where...

...Smita Tripathi; John Dixon At the heart of any public‐sector reform discourse are the conflicting contentions about what constitutes good public leadership. The battles fought ‐ and to be fought ‐ over public‐sector reform are over the appropriate role of the state. These contending perspectives...

...Jan‐Erik Lane After the many years of public‐sector reforms in advanced capitalist democracies, a concept of strategic management for the delivery of public services would be highly relevant for the conduct of operations by public organisations, or bureaux, as well as in schemes of outsourcing...

...Peter Mason Self‐confidence, creativity and a sense of urgency are not characteristics normally associated with public sector workers. But these are the entrepreneurial traits that must be encouraged if public services are to undergo the dramatic improvements that are now called for. Public...