Digital leadership in local government: an empirical study of Dutch city managers.
Local governments across the world are adopting new digital technologies to improve their services and to create public value. These new digital technologies challenge traditional forms of leadership. So far, few empirical studies have focused on what digital transformation implies for leadership in...
| Publicado en: | Local Government Studies Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 576 - 600 |
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Jun2025
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