Revision with unchanged content. This work seeks to determine whether
the act of being a parent influenced a public administrator's leadership
style, or in contrast, whether leadership in-fluenced ones parenting
style. Although there has been considerable research in both fields as
independent disciplines, there is minimal information on po-tential
relationships between the two subjects. This is surprising because
parents are the first leaders each of us are introduced to throughout
child-hood. Similar to leaders, parents must use their experiences as a
guide for leading their children, inspire and lead by example, and set
clear goals to maintain order within the household. Similar to the way a
parent must put the needs of their child before self interests, leaders
must remain mindful of the importance of their duty to meet their
constituents' best interest while fulfilling the needs of the
organization they serve. However, the paucity of published research on
the interconnectedness of leadership and parenting leads one to conclude
that the role of parenting is historically undervalued as a leadership
skill that could be used within the workplace. This study sought to
explore the gap between leadership and parenting by asking the primary
research question, does a relationship exist between these two subjects,
especially in a public administration setting?
