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Understanding transversal leadership in public organizations

Conceptualization and development of a measurement scale

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ID16775640
AuthorsAnders Barslund Grøn (0000-0003-1639-7578, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen (0000-0002-9891-9191, Aarhus University)
Year2025
Volume27
Issue5
Pages1417-1443
Publication date2025-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Management Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-9037 • E-ISSN: 1471-9045
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14719037.2024.2402343
OpenAlexW4402566131
LanguageEN
References cited101

Public value creation often relies on collective efforts across organizational jurisdictions with leadership playing a central role. However, concepts and measures for understanding whether and how public leaders can influence their own employees to engage in behaviours that support work across organizational boundaries are lacking. As response, the authors propose transversal leadership, which refers to a leader’s attempts to direct, align, and commit staff towards collective efforts with actors outside their own managerial jurisdiction, and develop a useful, valid, and reliable measurement scale that discriminates from existing leadership measures and correlates with expected outcomes

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