BACKGROUND Non-technical skills, such as task management, leadership, situational awareness, communication and decision-making refer to cognitive, behavioural and social skills that contribute to safe and efficient team performance. The importance of these skills during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is increasingly emphasised. Nonetheless, the relationship between non-technical skills and...

This study investigates the relationship of strategic leadership behaviors with executive innovation influence and the moderating effects of top management team (TMT)’s tenure heterogeneity and social culture on that relationship. Using survey data from six countries comprising three social cultures, strategic leadership behaviors were found to have a strong positive relationship with executive...

Other-Regarding Preferences and Leadership Styles We use a laboratory experiment to examine whether and to what extent other-regarding preferences of team leaders influence their leadership style in choice under risk. We find that leaders who prefer efficiency or report high levels of selfishness are more likely to exercise an autocratic leadership style by ignoring preferences of the other tea...

One of the core beliefs of the service leadership curriculum proposed by the Hong Kong Institute of Service Leadership and Management is that ‘Every day, every human occupies a position of leadership and possesses the potential to improve his leadership quality and effectiveness’. This core belief is in sharp contrast to some of the mainstream leadership theories that only a few people and elit...

The Institute of Medicine has released several important reports strongly recommending team training to improve patient safety. Most team theory assumes that teams are stable, and leadership is constant. However, there are numerous instances in health care where teams are not stable, and leadership is constantly changing. A growing body of evidence has documented the complexity of interdiscipli...

R esearch into treatment techniques for tissue repair has undergone tremendous discussion and growth in recent years. There are many treatment facets to consider when addressing the healing process. Treatment options may range in scale from global concerns to effects produced at a cellular level. Global tissue repair issues include health care coverage, reimbursement, and the interaction of hea...

The development of leadership and project management skills is increasingly important to the evolution of translational science and team-based endeavors. Team science is dependent upon individuals at various stages in their careers, inclusive of postdocs. Data from case histories, as well as from interviews with current and former postdocs, and those supervising postdocs, indicate six essential...

Introduction: Leadership and management are two expected featuresand competencies for general practitioners (GPs). The purpose of thisstudy was leadership and management curriculum planning for GPswhich was performed based on Kern’s curriculum planning cycle.Methods: This study was conducted in 2011-2012 in Iran using anexplanatory mixed-methods approach. It was conducted throughan initial qual...

this study investigated the role of the principal in managing teaching and learning. it examined how and to whom principals distributed the management of teaching and learning.  it was found that participants thought principals could improve school effectiveness most by engaging in activities that develop a good climate and ensure appropriate resources are available for instruction. there is a ...