Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- pt. I Literature, context, methodology and design -- 2.Leadership studies -- 3.The public sector in context -- 4.Methodological considerations -- pt. II Field research: data illustrations and interpretations -- Introduction to Chapters 5-10 -- 5.The challenge to leadership and the dynamic of ambiguity -- 6.The limitations to leadership and the dynamic of the environment -- 7.The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of resource acquisition -- 8.The balance within leadership and the dynamic of symbiosis -- 9.The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of politics -- 10.The agency of followers and the dynamic of game playing -- pt. III Discussion and conclusions -- 11.Discussion and conclusions.