Focusing the public leadership lens : research propositions and questions in the minnowbrook tradition
By: GETHA-TAYLOR, Heather.
Contributor(s): HOLMES, Maja Husar | JACOBSON, Willow S | MORSE, Ricardo S | SOWA, Jessica E.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, jan. 2011Subject(s): Liderança | Modelo de Gestão | Alta Administração PúblicaJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory 21, 1, p. i83-i97Abstract: Although there is no shortage of general studies and theories of leadership, the same cannot be said for public leadership. This concern surfaced as a critical issue among scholars at the 2008 Minnowbrook III conference. Drawing from that discussion, this article calls for invigorating the study of public leadership within public administration (PA). We present the case for public leadership, that is, leadership for the public good, where challenges are complex, stakeholders are many, values are conflicting, and resources are limited. Traditional, generic models of leadershipas in, leading followers toward some specific goaldo not align well with these current challenges. We argue for studying public leadership specifically, rather than trying to retrofit existing concepts of leadership from business management or elective politics. PA should be the leading voice in understanding and promoting public leadership. By examining previous public leadership scholarship through three broad lensesthe character of public leadership, the function of public leadership, and the jurisdiction of public leadershipwe develop theoretical propositions designed to drive a revitalized research agenda. We conclude with a set of research questions we see as critical to crystallizing the significance of public leadershipAlthough there is no shortage of general studies and theories of leadership, the same cannot be said for public leadership. This concern surfaced as a critical issue among scholars at the 2008 Minnowbrook III conference. Drawing from that discussion, this article calls for invigorating the study of public leadership within public administration (PA). We present the case for public leadership, that is, leadership for the public good, where challenges are complex, stakeholders are many, values are conflicting, and resources are limited. Traditional, generic models of leadershipas in, leading followers toward some specific goaldo not align well with these current challenges. We argue for studying public leadership specifically, rather than trying to retrofit existing concepts of leadership from business management or elective politics. PA should be the leading voice in understanding and promoting public leadership. By examining previous public leadership scholarship through three broad lensesthe character of public leadership, the function of public leadership, and the jurisdiction of public leadershipwe develop theoretical propositions designed to drive a revitalized research agenda. We conclude with a set of research questions we see as critical to crystallizing the significance of public leadership
Minnowbrook III : a special issue
Special issue editors: Beth Gazley and David M. Van Slyke
Volume 21
Supplement 1
January 2011
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