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This paper examines leadership practices in public sectors in 15 selected countries across the wo... more This paper examines leadership practices in public sectors in 15 selected countries across the world. It utilizes secondary data on Government Effectiveness Scores in 2008 to indicate the leadership effectiveness. Then, an integrative literature review of 44 empirical studies published between 1992 and 2011 were selected from electronic databases to examine and compare the leadership practices. Findings revealed that there are some similarities and dissimilarities of leadership practices in public sectors across countries. The leadership traits theory is suggested to be the most effective being practiced while balancing gender inequality in public sector leadership has become the most challenging issue.
This paper examines leadership practices in public sectors in 15 selected countries across the wo... more This paper examines leadership practices in public sectors in 15 selected countries across the world. It utilizes secondary data on Government Effectiveness Scores in 2008 to indicate the leadership effectiveness. Then, an integrative literature review of 44 empirical studies published between 1992 and 2011 were selected from electronic databases to examine and compare the leadership practices. Findings revealed that there are some similarities and dissimilarities of leadership practices in public sectors across countries. The leadership traits theory is suggested to be the most effective being practiced while balancing gender inequality in public sector leadership has become the most challenging issue.