... of qualitative explorations to study public leaders. They state that political science provides limited help in developing our understanding of the behaviour of top-level bureaucrats and why they do what they do. This view asks for qualitative research, collecting thick data on the beliefs and practices...

... Political leadership Public management Qualitative research An additional code – differences between business and politics – was created in light of significant participant discussion. Secondly, the interview material under each code was reviewed to identify potential overlaps, or the need...

... effective decision-making strategies. This research focus indicated a lack of qualitative research on the real-world experience of factors that were taken into consideration during decision-making within American local government organizations. Design/methodology/approach Using a local government...

... and the people most of all to be able to deliver it that way. And that's what drives results […] I couldn’t give a toss about league tables or awards or anything like that (University Executive 1). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Case study Qualitative research Knowledge transfer...