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International Journal of Public Leadership : Government transition in the time of the COVID-19 crisis: Slovak case
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Purpose – Most media evaluate Slovakia as the most successful European country in the fight against the
spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Such excellent results have been achieved in a really specific
period – the change of the government overlapped the initial days of the outbreak of the pandemic in the
country. The goal of this viewpoint paper is to investigate how individual public leaders (Prime Ministers)
shaped the governance response, how these key political leaders have helped to make the transition to a new
government so seamless in times of crisis.
Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative approach is used to map the situation and to show how key
political leaders shaped the governance response to the crisis. The official government COVID-19 web page and
core national media were investigated to collect the necessary information for our research.
Findings – The most positive finding of this article is the fact that the departing Prime Minister Pellegrini did
not decide to wait till the end of office in a passive or moderate way, but managed during last days of office of
“his” government to realize a set of really comprehensive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in
Slovakia. Politics has been set a bit aside; coalition and opposition parties prioritized the need to fight COVID-19
instead of the need for permanent political fights.
Originality/value – The article introduces the example of the political “takeover” during the crisis, which has
been realized in such positive ways, especially thanks to the fact that Pellegrini behaved as a real national
leader just a few days before leaving office.
Received Accepted
Juraj Nemec - Personal Name
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EMERALD INSIGHT
2021
ENGLAND
JURNAL ILMU PEMERINTAHAN
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APA Citation
Juraj Nemec. (2021).International Journal of Public Leadership : Government transition in the time
of the COVID-19 crisis: Slovak case.(Electronic Thesis or Dissertation). Retrieved from https://localhost/etd