Introduction: Overview and Conceptualisations (Christine Teelken) Part I: The Meaning of the Public Sector Leadership and its Changing Forms 2. 'Leaderism' and the Discourse of Leadership in the Reformation of UK Public Services (Dermot O'Reilly and Mike Reed) 3. Leading Transformation in the Public Delivery Systems: A Political Perspective (Damien Contandriopoulos and Jean-Louis Denis) 4. Respond and Deliver? Change Leadership in Complex Organizations (Louise Fitzgerald, Ewan Ferlie, Gerry McGivern and David Buchanan) Part II: Leadership Style in the Public Services 5. After Privatisation: The Public Management of Private Employment Services (Nicolette Van Gestel) 6. Medical Leadership and Management Reforms in Hospitals: A Comparative Study (Mike Dent, Ian Kirkpatrick and Indy Neogy) 7. Quality Development and Professional Autonomy in Modern Hospital Fields (Peter Kraugh Jespersen) Part III: Leadership and Public Sector Professionals 8. Universities under New Labour: Senior Leaders' Responses to Government Reforms and Policy Levers- findings from an ESRC project on public service leadership (Rosemary Deem) 9. Academic Leadership and its Effects on Professional Autonomy (Christine Teelken) 10. The University and the Public and Private Good (J rgen Enders) 11. The Making of Professional Public Leaders: Leadership as Practical Myth (Mirko Noordegraaf) 12. Concluding Discussion: Paradigms and Instruments of Public Management Reform- The Question of Agency (Ewan Ferlie).