COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES OF LEADERSHIP STYLES IN PUBLIC SECTOR IN FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM AND GERMANY
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25 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2013
Abstract
IN MY PAPER I WILL FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING LEADERSHIP STYLES PRACTICED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN FRANCE, BRITAIN AND GERMANY. IF WE EXAMINE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES, IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR DESIGNS, THERE SORTS OUT A CONSIDERABLE MANAGERIAL EU ROPEAN MOSAIC, AS A REFLECTION OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL VARIETY. THUS, I WILL TRY TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLES PRACTICED IN THOSE STATES AND THEIR SPECIFIC CULTURAL PREFERENCES. COUNTRY -SPECIFIC ANALYSIS IS ALSO NECESSARY IN ORDER TO U NDERLINE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT IDEAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFILES IN TERMS OF PRAGMATIC MATTERS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, RECRUITMENT, PROMOTION, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ACTIVITIES. FROM HERE THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGER‟S APPROACH AND LEADERSHIP STYLE IN THE ANALYZED COUNTRIES. THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IS BASED ON A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIVE METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, FROM WE USE: ANALYSIS, COMPARISON, ANALOGY AND SYNTHESIS, WHICH WILL HELP TO RESEARCH IN DETAILS THE SC OPE OF THE WORK AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE OF INTEREST FOR IMPROVING THE LEADERSHIP PROCESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
Keywords
LEADERSHIP STYLES
PUBLIC SECTOR
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
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