Public versus Private Managers: How Public and Private Managers Differ in Leadership Behavior

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holds two master's degrees from Norway as well as a doctorate from Lund University, Sweden. He has written 13 university-level textbooks and has a number of international research journal publications. He is now engaged in lecturing and tutoring at the master's and doctoral levels, as well as in research on leadership and organizational issues at

Comparing Public and Private Managers' Leadership Styles: Understanding the Role of Job Context

“…Only a few of these studies focus on leadership differences (Andersen 2010;Bourantas and Papalexandris 1993;Hooijberg and Choi 2001;Podsakoff et al 1995). As leadership abilities and skills continually gain importance for public managers operating in rapidly changing public sectors, it is increasingly relevant to study leadership in public organisations (Van Wart 2003;Fernandez 2005).…”

Leadership Styles at Syrian Universities and the Differences Caused by Sector and Follower Characteristics

“…. (Baldwin, 1987;Busch & Wennes, 2012;Rainey & Bozeman, 2000;Rainey et al, 1995;Robertson & Seneviratne, 1995;Solomon, 1986 (Nutt, 2006 (Andersen, 2010;Arvonen, 2001;Arvonen & Ekvall, 1999) . (Gill, 2009;Rainey, 1989;Rosenau & Linder, 2003) .…”

The Influence of Transformational Leadership Behaviours on Oman Public Employees’ Work Performance

“…Yet, there is limited research investigating leadership within public sector organizations (AlKindy et al, 2016;Andersen, 2010;Fernandez et al, 2010;Teelken et al, 2012). Although incredible achievements were recorded by previous research, emphasizing the overall significance of transformational leadership in enhancing employees' work performances; there is also considerable reported research that calls for the needs to examine individual transformational leadership dimensions (Deinert et al, 2015).…”

“…Leaders who successfully behave intellectual stimulation, support change, persuade subordinates to be risk takers, and encourage them to think creatively and innovatively (Bass and Riggio, 2006). Transformational Leadership researches focus primarily on profit organisations such as private sector's organisations, but recently, many researchers have called for conducting transformational leadership research in public organisations (AlKindy et al, 2016;Andersen, 2010;Currie et al, 2009;Fernandez et al, 2010;Teelken et al, 2012;Vogel & Masal, 2012).…”