Bureaucratic Leadership Research Articles

Bureaucratic Leadership Head of the Office of Population and Civil Registry Office of Soppeng

The purpose of this study is to find out how maximal the bureaucratic leadership is carried out by the Head of the Soppeng Regency Population and Civil Registry Office. This research uses descriptive research type. The sampling technique used is saturated sampling technique, while the data collection methods used are observation and questionnaires. The data obtained using quantitative analysis and presented in the form of a frequency distribution table, where the scale used is the Likert scale. The results showed that the implementation of bureaucratic leadership at the Population and Civil Registry Office of Soppeng Regency could be categorized as "Not Good".

Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Birokrasi, Pelatihan, Kemampuan Kerja Dan Kualitas Kehidupan Kerja (Qwl) Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Pada Dinas Penanaman Modal Dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu Kabupaten Labuhanbatu

This study aims to determine the effect of bureaucratic leadership, training, work ability and quality of work life (QWL) on employee performance at the Investment and One-Stop Integrated Service Office of Labuhanbatu Regency. This type of research is Associative Research. Data collection in this study was carried out through a survey approach with quantitative descriptive research type by distributing questionnaires to 46 respondents, while the population used in this study were employees of the Investment and One Stop Service Office of Labuhanbatu Regency. Data collection techniques were carried out by interviews, questionnaires and documentation studies. The data analysis tool used in this study uses SPSS (Statistical Product Software Solution). Data analysis in this study is descriptive analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, hypothesis testing using partial significant test (t test), simultaneous significant testing (F test), and testing the coefficient of determination (R2). The results of this study indicate that partially (t test) it is known that bureaucratic leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. The training variable has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Workability variable has a negative and significant effect on employee performance. Then the Variable Quality of Work Life has a positive and significant impact on employee performance at the Office of Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services, Labuhanbatu Regency. In simultaneous testing (F test) it is known that Bureaucratic Leadership, Training, Work Ability and Quality of Work Life have a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance at the Investment and One Stop Service Office of Labuhanbatu Regency.

School leadership practices, challenges and opportunities in Spain from key agents’ perspective

Research on school improvement and effectiveness has marked the development of educational reforms to decentralise educational systems, professionalise the management function, increase training programmes for leaders, and develop skills profiles and standards across the globe. This preliminary study explores the practices, challenges and opportunities for school governance and educational leadership in Spain. A qualitative exploratory approach was utilised involving 17 semi-structured interviews with national and internationally recognised key education agents from different sectors. The results show a common view regarding the lack of real school autonomy and the persistence of an excessively bureaucratic leadership model. Participants fully agree on the need to promote pedagogical and distributed leadership and, consequently, the personal, social and professional competences required to exercise it. The opportunities envisioned by key education agents to achieve it refer to flexibility, accountability and the provision of more material and human resources for an effective leadership. Additionally, challenges and opportunities for using frameworks or standards systems that define effective school leaders’ functions and skills are identified. Schools must become learning organisations by creating spaces for reflection and continuous improvement, and by involving different agents of the educational community to enhance school governance.

Analyzing the Effect of Bureaucratic Leadership on Public Service Motivation and Job Performance

Bureaucratic leadership in public institutions often gets a negative stigma due to a shift in understanding of bureaucracy in the public service system. This research aims to analyze the effect of bureaucratic leadership on public service motivation and job performance. A causal study through a questionnaire to employees at the sub-district level in Bandung randomly selected 245 employees. Data analysis using SEM procedure. The finding showed that bureaucratic leadership indicated by the encouragement of professionalism, distribution of power, coalitions, and leadership abilities in administrative matters could encourage motivation to provide services and ultimately improve service performance. Orientation to the public interest, self-sacrifice as a public servant, and interest in policy-making for the public interest as an indication of motivation to provide services mediate the influence of bureaucratic leadership on the performance of employees. Bureaucratic leadership influences employee performance either directly or through PSM. The theoretical implication is that the interaction between leaders and subordinates is a process of exchange and social learning for employees. The practical implication is the need to develop interactions between leaders and subordinates as a process of exchanging values and learning to improve employee motivation and performance.

BIOGRAFI KH. MUNTAHA (1912-2004) SEBAGAI PEMIMPIN PONDOK PESANTREN AL-ASY’ARIYYAH WONOSOBO

This study aims to describe the biography and role of KH Muntaha in developing a boarding school education model that integrates general and religious education. This system turned out to have a positive impact on the progress of the al-Asy'ariyyah Islamic boarding school. This research uses historical, sociological, and anthropological approaches. Collecting data by in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. KH Muntaha's thinking in integrating general and religious education has succeeded in bringing the progress of the al-Asy'ariyyah Islamic boarding school, which is evidenced by the rapid development of formal schools from the pre-school, elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels. In addition, the important contribution of KH. Muntaha's role in the development of Islamic boarding schools is that his thoughts are manifested in various educational innovations, such as the existence of a grading system, the inclusion of general education subjects, the development of management and bureaucratic leadership, the improvement of the functionality of Islamic educational institutions, institutions characterized by the study of the Qur'an study. 'an, the writing of the Mushaf al-Qur'an Akbar. The results and findings of this study indicate the contribution of KH. Muntaha is the main figure who determines the development of the al-Asy'ariyyah Islamic boarding school. These findings are important results that have implications for the development of education with an integrated model of educational institutions that can advance Islamic boarding schools al-Asy'ariyyah as Islamic educational institutions.

Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy: A Qualitative Study of Indigenous Bureaucrats in Australia and Canada

AbstractUsing a qualitative study of Indigenous public servants in Canada and Australia, this article helps open the “black box” of bureaucratic representation. Findings dispel any idea that active representation is unproblematic for minority bureaucrats themselves. In fact, it exacts a high price with respect to working in isolation, confronting racism, facing formidable obstacles to pursue, or challenge policy processes and outcomes aligned with the interests of the communities from which they come and ultimately leading many to exit the bureaucracy or forego career opportunities. Despite this, our findings show that Indigenous bureaucrats bring about policy change that would not otherwise occur, and mechanisms of accountability are at work, within government and between bureaucrats and the communities from which they are drawn. Indigenous bureaucratic leadership is valuable in bridging understanding between elected officials and communities and navigating respectfully the intersections of culture and power across the policy making process to the benefit of all citizens, to “country” and across generations. These findings imply that new inclusive models of representative bureaucracy are both necessary and desirable to make bureaucracy serve multicultural societies and constructively confront environmental crises in the modern era.Evidence for Practice Concepts that equate bureaucratic “partiality” with favoritism, oversimplify the way in which public servants consider, and manage tensions between minority interests they are assumed to “represent” and the wider public interest and democratic accountability. Participants in our research are acutely aware of the need to balance two “lines of accountability” (to government and to their communities), and when the tension between the two cannot be managed, they beat a tactical retreat and wait for a more favorable opportunity, or, if this seems unlikely, they leave the public service. Indigenous public servants promote the democratic project by actively involving otherwise disenfranchised members of society, including the perspectives of time and the land itself, in the policy making process. They make government and its processes understandable and help (re)build trust.

Reducing childhood stunting in India: Insights from four subnational success cases

Global success case analyses have identified factors supporting reductions in stunting across countries; less is known about successes at the subnational levels. We studied four states in India, assessing contributors to reductions in stunting between 2006 and 2016. Using public datasets, literature review, policy analyses and stakeholder interviews, we interpreted changes in the context of policies, programs and enabling environment. Primary contributors to stunting reduction were improvements in coverage of health and nutrition interventions (ranged between 11 to 23% among different states), household conditions (22–47%), and maternal factors (15–30%). Political and bureaucratic leadership engaged civil society and development partners facilitated change. Policy and program actions to address the multidimensional determinants of stunting reduction occur in sectors addressing poverty, food security, education, health services and nutrition programs. Therefore, for stunting reduction, focus should be on implementing multisectoral actions with equity, quality, and intensity with assured convergence on the same geographies and households.

The Relationship Between Bureaucratic Leadership, Organizational Agility and Organizational Performance in the Tax Sector

The demands on public organizations increasingly place leaders in complex situations. Leaders are required to be able to unravel the complexity of the organization and deal with various problems, both internal and external. The leadership role necessitates responding and being proactive. The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between bureaucratic leadership, organizational agility and organizational performance in the tax sector. This research involved an explanatory survey by the SAMSAT office in Banten Province, conducted with 238 participants who were members of the public and regional tax officials who were randomly selected without differentiating positions in management. The variant SEM procedure was used for data analysis. The findings showed that the demands of bureaucratic leadership in the digital era are very high. Acceleration is an important aspect inherent in leadership in the digital era. Control over changes in local politics and administration, and demands for acceleration, necessitate leaders who have capacity. Bureaucratic leadership has an influence on organizational agility and organizational performance in the tax sector. Bureaucratic leadership influences organizational performance either directly or through organizational agility. The theoretical implication is the need to develop the concept of leadership in the context of the digital era in order to encourage public performance. The practical implication is the need for leadership that is agile in responding to public demands and acts quickly by integrating administrative orientation, understanding local political dynamics and being ready to face acceleration challenges.
 Keywords: bureaucratic leadership, organizational agility, organizational performance, the taxation sector

The Building Public Trust Against to Law Enforcers in the Covid 19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the credibility of the performance of law enforcement. National survey data and reports from various national media found a decline in public trust in law enforcement. With a normative juridical approach and using secondary data, this paper discusses what factors can restore public trust in law enforcement. First, the independence of law enforcement officers to improve the mentality of law enforcement in acting, secondly, it is necessary to develop a transformational bureaucratic leadership model to make changes in the field of services law enforcement in order to increase public trust.

Rule-Based Leadership-Management Style of Administrators and the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Employees

The study aimed to determine the influence of rule-based leadership management toward the entrepreneurial spirit of the employees of the Divine Word College of Laoag. To deepen the understanding and concept of the study, literature was reviewed. Theories of the study were established. The study used the descriptive correlational research design and used questionnaires to gather the data. The study found that rule-based leadership management of the administrators is high but the entrepreneurial spirit of the employees is moderate. The study concludes that the higher the bureaucratic or rules-based leadership- management is, the lower the entrepreneurial spirit of the employees become. In terms of the correlation between rule-based leadership management and entrepreneurial spirit, the study found that there is a significant correlation. Rule-based leadership management affects the entrepreneurial spirit/mindset of employees. Therefore the hypothesis of the study is accepted.

International organizations' responses to member state contestation: from inertia to resilience

Abstract International organizations (IOs) play a key role in promoting multilateral cooperation on critical transnational issues. Yet, their authority has increasingly been contested by member states that cut financial contributions or even withdraw their membership. How do IOs respond to such contestation? While the existing literature has mostly focused on reactions by other member states, I argue in this article that our understanding of IOs' responses to contestation remains incomplete without an analysis of IO bureaucracies. I propose a conceptual framework to analyse three types of bureaucratic responses: inertia, i.e. no immediate response; adaptation, i.e. institutional changes to maintain the support of the challenging member state(s); and resilience-building, i.e. developing organizational capacities to limit contestation. I argue that each of these responses is shaped by specific bureaucratic mechanisms, namely hunkering, negotiation, framing, coalition-building, shaming and professionalization. Based on a comparative within-case study analysing the reactions of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to budget cuts by the Reagan, Bush and Trump administrations, I further theorize that the organization's threat perception, the position of other member states and bureaucratic leadership are relevant factors that need to be considered to explain the variation in IO responses to contestation.

The relationship between different types of leadership, client's identity, and self-confidence and auditors' impartiality

PurposeThis paper aims to assess the effect of different leadership types, the client's identity and auditors' self-confidence on auditors' impartiality.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a descriptive-survey type, and the collected data are based on a predesigned questionnaire distributed in January 2020. The PLS software is used for data analysis, and the statistical population of this paper includes employed auditors in enlisted audit firms on the Official Association of Auditors. When the parameters were insignificant, the obtained probability from the model fitting was used for hypothesis testing, and the appropriateness of the model was assessed via the structural equations.FindingsThe results show a significant relationship between charismatic, transformational, participatory, delegating and bureaucratic leadership and auditors' impartiality. There is also an association between the client's identity and the auditor's impartiality. The client's identity mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and the auditor's impartiality. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between self-confidence and auditor's impartiality.Originality/valueThis paper enjoys an innovative method in the field of behavioural auditing. The effect of transformational leadership on auditor's impartiality with the mediatory role of the client's identity shows the in-depth client–auditor relationship has been taken for granted and not examined previously, so the results of this paper can lend a helping hand to audit firms to enhance the organisational performance.

The Effect of Leadership Styles on Employee’s Productivity in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership style on employee productivity in the Nigerian oil and gas industry using Chevron Nigeria Limited as a case study. The study used a five-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of forty questions covering autocratic, democratic, bureaucratic, laissez-faire, transactional, charismatic leadership styles and employee productivity variables. The questionnaire was deployed to one hundred and twenty-five respondents (125) and received ninety-three (93) valid responses. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze respondent responses. Demographic analysis, normality test, homoscedasticity, multicollinearity, reliability test (Cronbach’s Alpha) were presented; results affirm the validity and reliability of research findings. The results of the descriptive and regression analysis indicate that the autocratic leadership style is the most predominant leadership style in the Nigerian Oil and Gas followed by laissez-faire, bureaucratic, transactional, democratic and charismatic leadership styles. The study concludes that leadership styles significantly influence employee productivity albeit different leadership styles have varying effects on employee productivity and varying leadership styles can co-exist within the same organization. The study highlighted various policy implications and recommendations. This study adds to the existing literature on leadership practice and is intended to be a reference point to scholars and researchers for further studies on leadership practices in the oil and gas industry.

Examining the interface between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa

Background: In every human organisation, there is bound to be conflict of ideas because everyone wants his or her viewpoint to take precedent over others. There are those who want to be on top of every situation irrespective of those involved or the issue at stake. However, a proactive bureaucratic leadership should be able to find a way out of these quagmires.Aim: Within the framework of the strategic elite theory, this article examines the nexus between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa, as well as challenges confronting bureaucracy in the pursuit of public interest with specific reference to Nigeria.Method: This article adopts a qualitative approach and is descriptive in nature, with the researcher setting out to illustrate the association that exists between the dependent and independent variables. Authoritative scholarly sources were reviewed during a desktop study. The purpose was to identify the relevant publications and apply them in the research.Results: This article argues that whilst conflict generally is an inevitable outcome of human interactions. However, conflict is more common in a bureaucratic organisation where issues of power and influence are always a source of contention amongst the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Therefore, resolving the basis for the existence of the MDAs that will ultimately inculcate in the bureaucrats a new worldview.Conclusion: It therefore, concludes that there should be countervailing forces to put the bureaucracy on check. This includes: strengthening interest groups, the pursuit of institutionalism, ethical reorientation in the public service, amongst other measures. However, to achieve this, requires a critical mass of men and women of integrity, doggedly and ruggedly committed to Africa’s project and ready to subsume their personal interests under that of the national interests.

Creating innovative design labs for the public sector: A case for institutional capacity building in the regions of Ukraine

Innovative design labs were created by public authorities of the USA, Australia, Singapore, Finland, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, China, and other countries to accelerate changes and develop modern public service. This paper provides further insight to establishing external innovation accelerators for strengthening capacity of public institutions. The study aims to define the development opportunities for innovative design labs for the public sector in Ukraine’s regions by the case of the Laboratory of Intellectual Development for Empowering Regions (LIDER). The study was conducted at two stages: (1) exploring the features of innovation implementation in the public sector and outlining the main problems of innovation capacity of public institutions; (2) defining the development opportunities for the LIDER via SWOT-analysis. To substantiate the study results, the correlation analysis between autocratic, bureaucratic, competitive, self-protective, and participative leadership behaviors of CEOs and innovation index based on data from 18 countries was performed, as well as a survey of 195 public servants of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and an interview of 9 experts were conducted. The following key development opportunities for the LIDER were detected: promoting the introduction of incremental innovations in public institutions by using design thinking methodology; assisting the development of pro-innovative culture and participative leadership via individual-centric and system-oriented approaches; developing effective tools for performance management and supporting public institutions in project activity; organizing the competitions for regional innovative projects; assisting in creation of radically human systems in public institutions. AcknowledgmentThe paper was prepared within the framework of the joint Ukrainian-Lithuanian R&D project “Competence Development of Lithuanian and Ukrainian Public Sector Employees Using Design-Thinking Methodology”.The project has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT, agreement № S-LU-20-5) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (agreement № М/31-2020).

Bureaucratic Leadership at Ground Level: A Case Study of Block Development Officers in West Bengal (India)

Max Weber coined the term ‘bureaucratic leadership’ to define leadership in government organisations based on a set of predetermined regulations, strict functions and fixed roles under a static hierarchy. Almost all government organisations adhere to these principles including the civil services, but, at the ground level of administration, a rational and workable form has been developed by the civil servants to suit their roles. The post of a Block Development Officer (BDO) in the civil services is assigned to play multiple roles to govern the block effectively. From being a leader who would motivate and facilitate a team of officials in development as well as general administration, a diplomat who would set the right chord with the political functionaries at various levels to settle upon a consensus in every issue, a crisis manager who would rush forward, with limited resources, to face any natural calamity or a serious law and order issue, a strict disciplinarian who would ensure transparency in fiscal matters, an entrepreneur who would motivate the people to become self-reliant with the help of government schemes, a BDO is indeed ‘the cutting edge of administration’. The entire administration depends upon a Block Development Officer to deliver the much needed “public service” to the residents of the Block at all times and under all circumstances. This article is intended to study the practical forms of ‘bureaucratic leadership’ performed by BDOs while discharging their duties efficiently both during crises and in normal circumstances.

Основные факторы, влияющие на экономические преобразования в советском государстве в период НЭПа

Examined is the historical experience of our country, which in the difficult post-war years took the path of transformations and reforms, later they became an impetus for progress and development. The aim of the article is to identify the reasons, conditions, results and results of economic transformations during the NEP period. Highlighted are the main areas of activity of the Soviet state in the framework of economic reforms during the NEP period. In the process of writing the article, the historical-theoretical method was used. In addition, general scientific methods were applied, i.e. analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, the method of an integrated approach and others. This article analyzed the economic reforms carried out by the Soviet state during the New Economic Policy and summed up the results of these reforms. In addition, the factors influencing economic transformations were identified, and the successes and failures that the Bolshevik authorities had to face on the path of economic reforms during the NEP were considered. The authors conclusion is made, that the results of the New Economic Policy include the emergence of financially independent enterprises, overcoming the state budget deficit, the formation of the ruble as a hard convertible currency and the formation of the Soviet credit system. At the same time, the NEP was characterized by the rejection of the harsh methods of war communism and attempts to establish market relations. However, the bureaucratic leadership, which did not accept this relationship, remained.

Personal leadership as an antecedent of servant leadership amongst bank managers in South Africa

Orientation: Many organisations have abandoned their bureaucratic leadership approaches to follow contemporary leadership models such as servant leadership (SL) with the aim to inspire their people to give their best. Personal leadership (PL) is perceived as the fundamental domain of leadership that influences all other facets of leadership. Research purpose: To explore PL as an antecedent of SL amongst bank managers in South Africa. Motivation for the study: Previous researchers called for research on the antecedents of SL, and on the concept of PL to be extended to organisational leaders leading themselves. Research approach/design and methods: A quantitative research approach was adopted. Primary data was collected from 230 South African bank managers. Exploratory factor analysis, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analysis and Multiple Regression analysis were employed to test the relationship between PL and SL and its associated dimensions. Main findings: The results indicated that PL has a significant positive effect on SL and four of its associated dimensions, namely emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping and organisational stewardship. Thus, it is concluded that SL behaviours can be cultivated by investing in PL behaviours of organisational leaders. Practical/managerial implications: Leadership training and development interventions focusing on strengthening SL behaviour must take into consideration personal and professional behaviours and their influence on SL behaviours. Contribution/value-add: The study provides a local validation of PL and SL measures within the banking sector in South Africa.

How do the leadership strategies of middle leaders affect teachers’ learning in schools? A case study from China

ABSTRACT Research on how to support school-based teacher learning has largely focused on the role of leaders at the top of the school organisation. It has paid little attention to middle leaders, who directly initiate and are deeply involved in teachers’ learning processes. Linking leadership constructs with organisational learning, we examined how middle leaders practise leadership to support teachers’ learning and professional development in school-based settings. Taking a qualitative case-comparison approach, we recruited 22 teachers and middle leaders from two school-based communities in a secondary school in Shanghai, China. We found that two combinations of leadership approaches were enacted by middle leaders to motivate various forms of learning for change. A bureaucratic leadership approach, supplemented by professional strategies, supported teachers’ performance-oriented learning; and a coordinated bureaucratic and professional leadership approach supported teachers’ meaning-oriented learning. Different interpretations of the role of middle leaders and the goals of school-based teacher learning and professional development resulted in various combinations of leadership strategies, which shaped the form and quality of learning. We further suggest ways to promote teachers’ sustainable learning and professional development in school settings.

Bureaucratic Leadership Style and Teachers' Professionalism: A Case Study of Public Sector Universities

This research aims at examining the role of bureaucratic leadership style on teachers' professionalism in public sector universities and the difference between bureaucracy and professionalism, with a special reference to legal-rational authority. A validated self-structured closed-ended questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale was designed for data collection from a sample of 40 teachers of Public Sector Universities. An Ordinal Regression Analysis (ORA) was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study show no significant difference between the role of bureaucratic leadership and teachers' professionalism in university as they are interrelated, having a direct link of professionalism with individuals' approaches, behaviors and performance. The results also revealed that the Bureaucratic Leadership style is a more suitable style that enables individuals to work with more dedication and honesty. Bureaucratic leadership is more effective than many others styles of leadership. Hence, the study recommends that it is practised that every style of leadership is not suitable for every organization or institution so, leaders must be competent enough to use the best style according to the situation.