Leadership, as McDonald (1) argues, is a phenomenon which many people involved in healthcare around the globe put great emphasis on today; some even see the improvement of leadership as a panacea for all the ills of their healthcare system. This brief commentary on her work seeks to supplement the points she makes by emphasising the personal attractions leadership enjoys, at least in the eyes o...

Successful navigation through the accreditation process developed by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) requires strong and effective leadership. Situational leadership, a contingency theory of leadership, frequently taught in the public health classroom, has utility for leading a public health agency through this process. As a public health agency pursues accreditation, staff members...

BACKGROUND Leadership competences play an important role for the success of effective leadership. The purpose of this study was to examine leadership competences of managers in the healthcare sector in Slovenia. METHODS Data were collected in 2008. The research included 265 employees in healthcare and 267 business managers. Respondents assessed their level of 16 leadership relevant competence...

Purpose: To contribute to the growing body of research on leadership in physiotherapy by comparing leadership-related perceptions of physiotherapists in Ireland and in Canada. Methods: This article compares the results of a survey of Canadian physiotherapists with those of the same survey administered to Irish physiotherapists. The results of both studies have previously been reported and are u...

Background: Leadership has not always shown its nice face; rather, in some cases, it has exhibited the dark part such as the authoritarian leadership and Machiavellian leadership which could negatively affects the organization and its performance. Therefore, the purpose of current study is to explain the mediating role of authoritarian leadership and organizational cynicism in the relationship ...

Good morning. It is my pleasure to introduce the distinguished nurse who developed the concept of Primary Nursing, Marie Manthey. Marie is founder and President Emeritus of Creative Health Care Management, a full-service consultation company specializing in professional practice, management training, staff empowerment, and work redesign. Marie's interest in the delivery of hospital services beg...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To investigate the didactic and social leadership in parent education groups based on a parent perspective, and to conceptualise parent experiences of the leader roles in these groups. BACKGROUND Leadership in parent education groups has been associated with a lack of confidence in one's ability to function in that role. Research on how it can be delivered to produce a fav...

 The main purpose of this research is to demonstrate the importance of ethical leadership in a learning organization. The main question is whether the ethical leadership in a learning organization can play a role? And if it is, what is the influence. In this regard, to answer the question, dimensions of the Learning Organization were evaluated based on the Peter Senge's model. In addition, for ...

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