Leadership research is plentiful and multifaceted yet followership, an essential component in leadership, attracts little research attention. This research paper measures followership styles in two cultural contexts: American and Rwandan. Although cultural aspects of followership have been studied to some extent, the literature in this area is lacking. Data are collected from two organizations ...

OBJECTIVE To explore what domains of work are important for job satisfaction among doctors, nurses and auxiliaries and to discuss differences between professional groups in the perspective of micro team culture. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey data from hospital staff working clinically at inpatient hospital wards in Norway in 2000. MEASURES Linear regression models predicting job satisfactio...

he interpretation and cultural nuances behind the concept of leadership are not only questionable but are subject to different meanings to different people. Yet, within the organisational context, there are specific boundaries that must be adhered to in order to inculcate certain values. Leadership at a political level is not excluded from democratically instated norms. The failure to maintain ...

What is the nature of leadership in Australia? Is Australian leadership uniquely conditioned by our national culture? If this is the case, then how are Australian leaders different from their counterparts in other parts of the world? These are the questions that we sought to answer through participation in the 62-nation GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organisational Behaviour Effectiveness program...

ership. And strategic leadership is, by definition, an extremely valuable, decisive asset since it orients organizations toward their goals, influences the actions and lives of many people, and ultimately determines what is achieved. In military matters, strategic leadership usually equates to success or failure, to victory or defeat. Unfortunately, strategic thinking and leadership often appea...

The past two decades have witnessed the People’s Republic of China (China) experiencing fundamental transformation in every aspect of its societal life, including the transition of economic system from being rigid and centrally planned to free market driven, the transition of domestic enterprises from being government controlled production units to independent economic entities, the transition ...

BACKGROUND Despite substantial research on pediatric pain assessment and management, health care professionals do not adequately incorporate this knowledge into clinical practice. Organizational context (work environment) is a significant factor in influencing outcomes; however, the nature of the mechanisms are relatively unknown. The objective of this study was to assess how organizational con...

The barriers to health care delivery in developing nations are many: underfunding, limited support services, scarce resources, suboptimal health care worker attitudes, and deficient health care policies are some of the challenges. The literature contains little information about health care leadership in developing nations. This discursive paper examines the impact of leadership on the delivery...

Leadership research is often silent about how race and ethnicity influence the exercise of leadership and does not include the experiences of racial/ethnic minority leaders. Leaders from five racial/ethnic groups within the US were surveyed on their endorsement of leadership dimensions as defined by the GLOBE studies and the influence of their race, ethnicity and gender on the exercise of leade...

background: effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. the current health care system in iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leaders...