This book analyses two key aspects of network management in the public sector: leadership and performance. It investigates what integrative leadership is, and how it differentiates from leadership in single-agency structures. It also examines the performance of public interest networks by proposing an analytical framework that highlights which factors lead to high performance networks. This book is of interest to scholars and students of public management and public administration, as well as public managers and practitioners acting through networks and partnerships.

Marco Mastrodascio is Lecturer at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. 

Denita Cepiku is Associate Professor in Public Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. 

Filippo Giordano is Professor of Management at LUMSA University, Italy, where he is Director of the MSc in Management and Finance.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theoretical framework.- Chapter 3: Empirical analysis part 1: Network Leadership.- Chapter 4: Empirical analysis part 2: Network performance.- Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks.