Leadership and sustainability policy implementation in Dutch governmental organisations: an explorative case study of employees’ experi-ences and perspectives
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2024-08-03
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This thesis investigates how leadership styles within governmental organisations in the Netherlands influence the implementation of sustainability policies according to employees’ experiences and perceptions. Governments have an important role in implementing sustainability policies. To achieve sustainability targets, governmental organisations should focus on leadership because without leadership, development is unlikely to occur. How employees experience and perceive leadership is important because this influences the priorities of the employees and therefore it will have impact on the implementation of sustainability policies. The thesis shows that the respondents believe that the leadership style has a significant influence on the implementation of sustainable policies. The most prevalent style is that of inclusive leadership. Also, some traits of altruistic and visionary leaders are present. Traits like charisma from the radical and creative leadership style are least observed. There are no significant differences in the present leadership styles between the different governmental organisations or the different sustainability topics. The study also suggests that, in addition to the traits named in the theory, other traits are also important. These are traits such as having substantive knowledge about the topic and context, focus on team composition and diversity and being active within the whole market and engage with the market.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen