Includes appendixes, bibliographical references and index. Van Wart, M. (2011). Dynamics of leadership in public service: theory and practice (2nd ed.). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Introduction -- Part I: Leadership theories -- Theoretical building blocks: factors and leaders style -- Leadership theories: early managerial and transactional approaches -- Leadership theories: charismatic and transformational approaches - Horizontal and distributed models of leadership -- Ethics-based leadership theories -- Specialized approaches to leadership: power, culture, diversity, and gender -- Integrative theories -- Part II: Applying theory -- Leader assessments -- Leader formulation and prioritization of goals -- Traits that contribute to leader effectiveness -- Skills that contribute to leader effectiveness -- Task-oriented behaviors -- People-oriented behaviors -- Organizational-oriented behaviors -- Part III: Developing and evaluating leadership -- Leadership development -- Evaluating leadership

"This book addresses leadership in public organizations from two perspectives. First, it examines - in detail - the competencies that organizational leaders at all levels need. Second, it offers a comparative review of the theoretical literature on leadership from a public sector perspective. Both of these elements have received remarkably little attention, despite the abundance of materials available for the private sector." - From the Book.