Professionals in healthcare are increasingly encouraged to work together. This has acted as
a catalyst for research on interprofessional collaboration. Authors suggest developing …

This article provides a systematic review of the empirical literature on barriers within public
sector innovation processes, based on data from 63 articles. We investigate the nature of …

This article challenges the view that public leadership research should maintain a separate
perspective in the study of public leadership. It discusses the benefits of further embedding …

This paper reviews the literature on forms of leadership that in one way or other imply
plurality: that is, the combined influence of multiple leaders in specific organizational …

Context: Understanding how and why programs work—not simply whether they work—is
crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of improvement. We argue …

A variety of assessments through 2001 discussed the striking neglect of theory related to
leadership in public sector organizational settings. For example, Jerry Gabris, Bob …

The last two decades have seen a shift in public services organizations from hierarchies to
networks. Network forms are seen as particularly suited to handling 'wicked problems'. We …

This paper examines leadership in practice, specifically the interaction of leaders and
followers, taking account of context (Spillane, JP (2006). Distributed Leadership. San …

The present review is an investigation of the ways in which interorganizational networks
coordinate their activities for the benefit of all parties. In this context 'interorganizational …

This paper provides a comprehensive, integrative conceptual review of work on
“communities of practice”(CoPs), defined broadly as groups of people bound together by a …