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The Leadership Quarterly 21 (2010) 308–323 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Leadership Quarterly journal h omepage: www.el /locate/l eaqua Exploring the link between integrated leadership and public sector performance Sergio Fernandez a,⁎, Yoon Jik Cho b, James L. Perry a a Indiana University, Bloomington, United States b Georgia State University, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: This study develops the concept of integrated leadership in the public sector. Integrated Public sector leadership leadership is conceived as the combination of five leadership roles that are performed Integrated leadership collectively by employees and managers at different levels of the hierarchy. The leadership Shared leadership roles are task-, relations-, change-, diversity-, and integrity-oriented leadership. Using data Performance from the Federal Human Capital Survey and Program Assessment Rating Tool, we analyze the relationship between integrated leadership and federal program performance. The findings from the empirical analysis indicate that integrated leadership has a positive and sizeable effect on the performance of federal sub-agencies. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications of t