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Title: Juneau, Alaska’s Successful Response to COVID-19: A Case Study of Adaptive Leadership in a Complex System
Juneau, Alaska, kept COVID-19 deaths lower than in other similar jurisdictions. We argue that adaptive leadership—the early decisions and actions of Juneau’s leaders, effective communications, and emergent new collaborative structures—in the context of municipal ownership of key assets enabled Juneau’s success. The result of 61 interviews and follow-up research, this case study contributes a better understanding of which institutional design, communication, and collaborative factors mattered in responding to the pandemic. Adaptive leadership provides a better explanation for Juneau’s success than alternatives that focus on its isolation, home-rule status, and socio-economic structure.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2028348
PAR ID:
10387910
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
SAGE Publications
Date Published:
Journal Name:
State and Local Government Review
ISSN:
0160-323X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Article No. 0160323X2211365
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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