Public managers’ leadership identity: concept, causes, and consequences

Grøn, Caroline Howard; Bro, Louise Ladegaard

doi:10.1080/14719037.2019.1645875

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“…Whilst the absence of direct interviews with politicians is a limitation of this particular study, it is consistent with the empirical focus of extant policy and public administration literature on the technical work done by governments (cf. Gron, Bro, & Andersen, 2019;Wimmelmann, Vallgarda, & Jensen, 2018).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Framing sustainable development challenges: accounting for SDG-15 in the UK

Sobkowiak¹,

Cuckston²,

Thomson

2020

AAAJ

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PurposeThis research seeks to explain how a national government becomes capable of constructing an account of its biodiversity performance that is aimed at enabling formulation of policy in pursuit of SDG 15: Life on Land.Design/methodology/approachThe research examines a case study of the construction of the UK government's annual biodiversity report. The case is analysed to explain the process of framing a space in which the SDG-15 challenge of halting biodiversity loss is rendered calculable, such that the government can see and understand its own performance in relation to this challenge.FindingsThe construction of UK government's annual biodiversity report relies upon data collected through non-governmental conservation efforts, statistical expertise of a small project group within the government and a governmental structure that drives ongoing evolution of the indicators as actors strive to make these useful for policy formulation.Originality/valueThe analysis problematises the SDG approach to accounting for sustainable development, whereby performance indicators have been centrally agreed and universally imposed upon all signatory governments. The analysis suggests that capacity-building efforts for national governments may need to be broader than that envisaged by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As such, throughout this paper the term "national government" is used to refer to this government bureaucracy (cf. Gron, Bro, & Andersen, 2019;Wimmelmann, Vallgarda, & Jensen, 2018). This focus has enabled the in-depth analysis of processes involved in seeking to construct policy-relevant accounts of biodiversity…”

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Framing sustainable development challenges: accounting for SDG-15 in the UK

Sobkowiak¹,

Cuckston²,

Thomson

2020

AAAJ

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“…Rediscovering the office as vocation (Du Gay, 2005) implies to focus on the identity of the public manager as a performance-driven professional working in the service of res publica and engaging the society for common wealth (Borgonovi, 2020), and assuming the leadership identity as central identity (Grøn et al, 2020). The leadership identity refers to leadership behaviours that contribute to developing a vision that leads the followers to commit beyond the due and requested, beyond their interests, to achieve the organisational goals of a public institution (Jacobsen & Andersen, 2015).…”

Section: Rediscovering the Role Of Leadership As Identity Of Public Managers As Leaders Driving Sustainable Public Administrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a prevailing identity than others, the leadership identity makes the public manager as an effective leader able to promote commitment and achieve goals and good performances, providing support in terms of competences and vision that help to support for achievement of organisational objectives (Orazi et al, 2013). The leadership as identity supports organisational and cultural change, and enhances the transformational leadership behaviours (Grøn et al, 2020).…”

Section: Rediscovering the Role Of Leadership As Identity Of Public Managers As Leaders Driving Sustainable Public Administrationmentioning

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“…Managers assume the leadership identity as central identity in order to achieve goals and performances through and with people who share the same vision and values. Even if there are several studies that have investigated the role of leadership within public organisations (Orazi et al, 2013), still few studies pay attention to the leadership as central identity of public managers who are agents of change within public administration (Grøn et al, 2020;Rebora, 2016).…”

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Rethinking Public Administration through Managers as Leaders

Romanelli

2021

LUMEN Proceedings

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Rethinking public administration helps to drive public managers as agents of change who assume behaviours coherently with a leadership identity. Public administration is rediscovering the sustainability as a key source and goal for strategic and organisational change by promoting the organisational dimension that relies on enhancing the quality of people as human resources, strengthening both the public manager as a leader and public servants as employees who are committed and motivated to public service. Managers as leaders help to drive public administration as an organisation which is able to proceed towards future as a sustainable public organisation which develops the quality of human capital and improves performances, supports public trust and enhances democratic life. Rediscovering the organisational dimension helps to develop the leadership as identity and source for ethical and transformational behaviours of a leader, and enables public managers to assume coherent values, attitudes and behaviours developing the leadership as central identity. Today, driving public administration requires effective public managers who are able to behave as ethical and transformational leaders who motivate, support and drive the employees at work.

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