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Shevtsova, O., Madestam, J. & Ivarsson Westerberg, A. (2025). Leadership during the war: perceptions of ideal leadership among public leaders in Ukraine. International Journal of Public Leadership
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Leadership during the war: perceptions of ideal leadership among public leaders in Ukraine
2025 (English)In: International Journal of Public Leadership, ISSN 2056-4929, E-ISSN 2056-4937Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Purpose: Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine threw all spheres of life in that country into turmoil. The public service was tasked to foster resilience and ensure the continued functioning of the state. Our purpose is to study how a war-shaped public leaders’ understandings of the leadership necessary for tackling emerging crises in a swiftly shifting environment while delivering services to citizens and continuing reforms toward EU membership.

Design/methodology/approach: The research reflects the analysis of 15 semi-structured interviews with members of Ukraine’s public service from various parts of the country conducted in September–October 2023. Heroic/post-heroic ideals of leadership, as well as the distributed model of leadership, are selected as the theoretical framework.

Findings: According to Ukraine’s public managers, the collectivistic ideal of public leadership has persisted. Since 2022 and Russia’s full-scale war, they claim the distributed form of public leadership has developed further. Based on the analysis of the interviews, we suggest these managers differentiated intraorganizational, intergovernmental and intersectoral types of distributed leadership.

Research limitations/implications: The study is conducted during the full-scale war; therefore, observations and field work are restricted. Face-to-face interviews are impeded by air raids: missile and drone attacks; online interviews are sometimes hindered by constant electricity blackouts and alarms. The results of the study reflect the subjectivity of the participants’ thoughts and feelings and may not be more broadly generalizable.

Originality/value: This is an explorative study that shows how public leaders speak and think about public leadership in the ongoing crisis of war.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2025
Keywords
Public leadership, Ongoing multiple crises, Distributed leadership, Russia’s war against Ukraine
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-56744 (URN)10.1108/ijpl-11-2024-0136 (DOI)001435500600001 ()2-s2.0-86000447812 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2025-03-04 Created: 2025-03-04 Last updated: 2025-04-02Bibliographically approved
Shevtsova, O., Madestam, J. & Ivarsson Westerberg, A. (2024). Decision-Making in Times of Uncertainty: Decisive Factors and Types of Decisions: “Perceptions of Ukraine’s Public Administration” Case. In: : . Paper presented at Shaping Futures: The Baltics and Eastern Europe in the World, 10th CBEES Annual Conference, Huddinge, Sweden, 28-29 November, 2024..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Decision-Making in Times of Uncertainty: Decisive Factors and Types of Decisions: “Perceptions of Ukraine’s Public Administration” Case
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-55863 (URN)
Conference
Shaping Futures: The Baltics and Eastern Europe in the World, 10th CBEES Annual Conference, Huddinge, Sweden, 28-29 November, 2024.
Available from: 2024-12-11 Created: 2024-12-11 Last updated: 2025-02-25Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J. (2020). Att arbeta med fördomar inom polisen (1ed.). In: Göran Larsson; Simon Sorgenfrei; Tanja Viklund (Ed.), Religion, migration och polisiärt arbete: (pp. 91-106). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att arbeta med fördomar inom polisen
2020 (Swedish)In: Religion, migration och polisiärt arbete / [ed] Göran Larsson; Simon Sorgenfrei; Tanja Viklund, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2020, 1, p. 91-106Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2020 Edition: 1
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42012 (URN)9789144141695 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-10-01 Created: 2020-10-01 Last updated: 2025-02-21Bibliographically approved
Eliassi, S. & Madestam, J. (2020). Lojal ordningsvakt och nyttig hjälpare: Om rollkonflikter mellan Försäkringskassans handläggare och sjukskrivande läkare. Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lojal ordningsvakt och nyttig hjälpare: Om rollkonflikter mellan Försäkringskassans handläggare och sjukskrivande läkare
2020 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

I den offentliga debatten framkommer att det råder en konflikt mellan sjukskrivande läkare i primärvården och handläggare på Försäkringskassan vad gäller sjukförsäkringen. De två grupperna av tjänstemän tycks inte förstå varandra, och misstron är uppenbar.

I den här rapporten tas utgångspunkt i institutionella logiker och tjänstemannaroller, i en analys av läkares och handläggares syn på sitt uppdrag. Det framkommer att de utgår från delvis olika institutionella logiker, deras respektive roller skiljer sig också åt. Läkarna är nyttiga hjälpare medan handläggarna är lojala ordningsvakter. De olika rollerna förklarar konflikten dem emellan.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2020. p. 66
Series
Förvaltningsakademin ; 20
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41733 (URN)978-91-88663-90-0 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-09-09 Created: 2020-09-09 Last updated: 2023-04-04Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J. (2019). Att dela på offentligt ledarskap: går det?. In: Tomas Bergström; Niklas Eklund (Ed.), Ett annorlunda ledarskap: chef i politiskt styrd verksamhet (pp. 127-148). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att dela på offentligt ledarskap: går det?
2019 (Swedish)In: Ett annorlunda ledarskap: chef i politiskt styrd verksamhet / [ed] Tomas Bergström; Niklas Eklund, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019, p. 127-148Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37509 (URN)9789144125695 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-02-01 Created: 2019-02-01 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J. (2019). Det mest synliga ledarskapet: om hur delat ledarskap görs i partier. In: Lena Wilhelmson & Marianne Döös (Ed.), Delat ledarskap i förskola och skola: Om täta samarbeten som kräver och ger förutsättningar (pp. 45-64). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Det mest synliga ledarskapet: om hur delat ledarskap görs i partier
2019 (Swedish)In: Delat ledarskap i förskola och skola: Om täta samarbeten som kräver och ger förutsättningar / [ed] Lena Wilhelmson & Marianne Döös, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019, p. 45-64Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37508 (URN)9789144120874 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-02-01 Created: 2019-02-01 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J., Reitan, T. & Lemne, M. (2019). Ett omöjligt uppdrag?: Om kravprofiler för chefer i staten. In: Tomas Bergström och Niklas Ekelund (Ed.), Ett annorlunda ledarskap: Chef i politiskt styrd verksamhet (pp. 177-201). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ett omöjligt uppdrag?: Om kravprofiler för chefer i staten
2019 (Swedish)In: Ett annorlunda ledarskap: Chef i politiskt styrd verksamhet / [ed] Tomas Bergström och Niklas Ekelund, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019, p. 177-201Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37510 (URN)9789144125695 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-02-01 Created: 2019-02-01 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J. & Döös, M. (2019). Föreställningar och praktik i lagstiftningsprocessen: i ett styrningsperspektiv. In: Lena Wilhelmson & Marianne Döös (Ed.), Delat ledarskap i förskola och skola: Om täta samarbeten som kräver och ger förutsättningar (pp. 87-104). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Föreställningar och praktik i lagstiftningsprocessen: i ett styrningsperspektiv
2019 (Swedish)In: Delat ledarskap i förskola och skola: Om täta samarbeten som kräver och ger förutsättningar / [ed] Lena Wilhelmson & Marianne Döös, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019, p. 87-104Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37507 (URN)
Available from: 2019-02-01 Created: 2019-02-01 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Döös, M., Wilhelmson, L., Madestam, J. & Örnberg, Å. (2019). Shared Principalship: The Perspective of Close Subordinate Colleagues. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 8(1), 154-170
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Shared Principalship: The Perspective of Close Subordinate Colleagues
2019 (English)In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, ISSN 1570-0763, E-ISSN 1744-5043, Vol. 8, no 1, p. 154-170Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article presents a study of five schools with shared principalship. It contributes knowledge about how shared principalship is experienced by people who work closely (“close subordinates”) with the shared principalship constellations. Data consists of 20 semi-structured interviews. Close subordinates describe that the shared principalship meant a reasonable workload for their principals and welcomed their level of accessibility. Confidence in the leader collaboration was heightened if close subordinates were able to witness that collaboration in action with their own eyes. The findings are discussed in relation to the conditions introduced by current school legislation in Sweden. © 2017 Marianne Döös, Lena Wilhelmson, Jenny Madestam, and Åsa Örnberg.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2019
National Category
Business Administration Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33782 (URN)10.1080/15700763.2017.1384503 (DOI)000470295300008 ()2-s2.0-85033713257 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
Available from: 2017-12-01 Created: 2017-12-01 Last updated: 2020-06-30Bibliographically approved
Madestam, J., Sundström, G. & Bergström, G. (2018). Public or Private – Does It Matter?: How School Leaders in Public and Private Schools Perceive Their Roles. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 22(3), 129-152
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Public or Private – Does It Matter?: How School Leaders in Public and Private Schools Perceive Their Roles
2018 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, ISSN 2001-7405, E-ISSN 2001-7413, Vol. 22, no 3, p. 129-152Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborgs universitet, 2018
Keywords
School leaders, Core public values, Public-private, New public management, Welfarism
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37504 (URN)
Available from: 2019-02-01 Created: 2019-02-01 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Projects
Guardians of Democracy or Racists? Experimental Evidence of Xenophobia among Swedish Police Students [2016-04957_VR]; Södertörn University
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-1567-1224

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