My work on political leadership focuses on the Canadian prime ministership, often in comparative Westminster perspective. I have been privileged to join a number of international teams studying executive leadership. Publications in this area include:

Jonathan Malloy, "Personalization, Personal Authority, and Governance" in W. Cross, R. Katz, and S. Pruysers, eds., The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties (ECPR Press, 2018)

​Jonathan Malloy, “Leadership Capital in Canada: Looking Through an Institutional Dimension” in M. Bennister, B. Worthy and Paul t’Hart, eds. The Politics of Leadership Capital (Oxford University Press; 2017) 
 
Jonathan Malloy, “Prime Ministers and Their Parties in Canada” in P. Strangio et al., eds., Understanding Prime-Ministerial Performance: Comparative Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2013), 151-172
 
Jonathan Malloy, “Not Necessarily Leadership But Leadership if Necessary: Canadian Prime Ministers and the Management of Expectations” in L. Helms, ed., Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan (London: Edward Elgar, 2012), 43-63.

Jonathan Malloy, “Mulroney’s Shadows: The Many Images of Canada’s Eighteenth Prime Minister” Canadian Political Science Review 4:1 (March 2010), 12-23