A modernization myth : public management reform and leadership behavior in the irish public service
By: WALLIS, Joe
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Contributor(s): McLoughlin, Linda.
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, july 2010Subject(s): Serviço Público | Liderança | Reforma Administrativa | Modernização Administrativa | IrlandaInternational Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 33, 8-9, p. 441-450Abstract: To assess whether public service modernisation in Ireland is a 'useful myth', we examine aggregate indicators of leadership behaviours and the interview responses of recognised 'change agents' to assess whether there is a gap between the rhetoric and reality of follower engagement in pursuit of a transformative vision that official rhetoric highlights as a potentiality in this sector. The persistence of such a gap can be explained in terms of the usefulness of this potentiality myth in legitimising the leading role top-level public servants play in reform processes in this country although this may have declined during the current recession
To assess whether public service modernisation in Ireland is a 'useful myth', we examine aggregate indicators of leadership behaviours and the interview responses of recognised 'change agents' to assess whether there is a gap between the rhetoric and reality of follower engagement in pursuit of a transformative vision that official rhetoric highlights as a potentiality in this sector. The persistence of such a gap can be explained in terms of the usefulness of this potentiality myth in legitimising the leading role top-level public servants play in reform processes in this country although this may have declined during the current recession
Volume 33
Numbers 8-9
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