Introduction: Overview and Conceptualisations - Christine Teelken Part I: The Meaning of the Public Sector Leadership and its Changing Forms 2. 'Leaderism' and the Discourse of Leadership in the Reformation of UK Public Services - Dermot O'Reilly and Mike Reed 3. Leading Transformation in the Public Delivery Systems: A Political Perspective – Damien Contandriopoulos and Jean-Louis Denis 4. Respond and Deliver? Change Leadership in Complex Organizations - Louise Fitzgerald, Ewan Ferlie, Gerry McGivern and David Buchanan Part II: Leadership Style in the Public Services 5. After Privatisation: The Public Management of Private Employment Services Nicolette - Van Gestel 6. Medical Leadership and Management Reforms in Hospitals: A Comparative Study - Mike Dent, Ian Kirkpatrick and Indy Neogy 7. Quality Development and Professional Autonomy in Modern Hospital Fields - Peter Kraugh Jespersen Part III: Leadership and Public Sector Professionals 8. Universities under New Labour: Senior Leaders' Responses to Government Reforms and Policy Levers- findings from an ESRC project on public service leadership - Rosemary Deem 9. Academic Leadership and its Effects on Professional Autonomy - Christine Teelken 10. The University and the Public and Private Good - Jûrgen Enders 11. The Making of Professional Public Leaders: Leadership as Practical Myth - Mirko Noordegraaf 12. Concluding Discussion: Paradigms and Instruments of Public Management Reform- The Question of Agency - Ewan Ferlie