Publications

3.  Boakye Boadu, D. & Kaizer, Z. R. M. A. (2025). Urban governance and sustainable city concept: Do the individual characteristics of city leaders and cities' contextual factors affect the adoption of sustainable city policies?  Forthcoming in Cities

2. Chen, C., Boakye Boadu, D., & Xiao, R. (2022). Mask or No Mask for COVID-19? Do the Individual Characteristics of Governors Affect the Adoption of Statewide Public Mask Mandates? Public Performance & Management Review (PPMR), 45 (5), 1214-1234.

1.  Fraser, N., Broxton, B., Wooten, A., & Boakye Boadu, D. (2021). Transformational Leadership in Times of Crisis. International Journal of Organization Leadership, 9(2), 40-57

1.  Williams, K., Ganapati E. N., Albrecht, F., Tagliacozzo, S., & Boakye Boadu, D. (2023). “Chapter 19: Crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative perspective from the online communication of public health agencies in Italy, Sweden, and the U.S.” In Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications. Perreault, M.F. & Smith-Frigerio, S. eds. Peter Lang. AEJMC Peter Lang Scholar Sourcing Printing.

• Boakye Boadu, D. (2025). The equity and inclusion issues in emergency management policies: The case of U.S. COVID-19 vaccination. Revise and Resubmit

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Kaizer, Z. R. M. A. (2025). Assessing the impact of local government transparency on citizen satisfaction through public trust: The moderating role of transformational leadership.  Revise and Resubmit

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Kroll, A. (2025). Sustaining distributed leadership: Insight from anti-climate gentrification community collaborations in Miami. Under Review

• Boakye Boadu, D., Ganapati E. N., Albrecht, F., & Tagliacozzo, S. (2025). Organizational leadership style and COVID-19 communication: Public health agencies’ online communication in Sweden, Italy, and the United States. Under Review

• Boakye Boadu, D. (2024). Hybrid leadership model in the 21st Century: Systematic literature review and directions for future research. Working Paper