The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Leadership Effectiveness Models: An Examination of Leadership in a Private and a Public Sector Organization

Researchers have been criticized for applying generic organizaiton and management theories to public sector organizations on the basis that such theories ignore significant public-private differences. To examine the extent to which generic theories can help us better understand public-private differ...

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Main Authors: Hooijberg, R., CHOI, Jaepil
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1729
https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399701334002
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Researchers have been criticized for applying generic organizaiton and management theories to public sector organizations on the basis that such theories ignore significant public-private differences. To examine the extent to which generic theories can help us better understand public-private differences, the authors applied a generic leadership theory to both a private and a public sector organization and found interesting differences between the two organizations.