Leadership configuration in crises: Lessons from the English response to COVID-19
Leadership
; 18(5):680-694, 2022.
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in English
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2195381
ABSTRACT
Our study examines the empirical case of the political leadership response to Covid-19 in England. It shows that, rather than the ideal configuration of leadership suggested by theory, within which individualistic and collective leadership blend, a less balanced configuration emerged that can be characterised as incoherent. In England, an individual political leader behaved in an authoritarian way, which ignored evidence about how to address Covid-19. So, rather than an individual orchestrating a collective leadership effort to address complex issues, leadership was rendered fragmented and chaotic. We suggest that the English context, characterised by populist tendencies and neoliberal economic policy, shaped the poor leadership response to Covid-19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Leadership
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2022
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