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How Unstandardized Work Tasks Create Arenas for Leadership

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Interviews with 41 employees and managers in the Norwegian public welfare services identify characteristics and behaviors experienced as leadership. The study identifies how management behaviors such as deciding, controlling, and structuring the work create arenas for leadership and how these arenas vary with the standardization of work tasks. The findings connect employees leadership experiences to their need for management, and thus challenge the assumption that management tasks are a hindrance to leadership in the public welfare sector.

Source: Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance

DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2019.1610130

Author: Chris Rønningstad

Institution: OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2944718446

FWCI: 1.089

Cites: 46

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10