BACKGROUND Leadership and staffing are recognised as important factors for quality of care. This study examines the effects of ward leaders' task- and relationship-oriented leadership styles, staffing levels, ratio of registered nurses and ratio of unlicensed staff on three independent measures of quality of care. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of forty nursing home wards throughout Norway ...

Leadership and job satisfaction are two factors that have been regarded as fundamental for organizational success. It has been shown that employees with high job satisfaction levels are likely to be more productive and exert more effort in pursuing organizational interests. The purpose of this study was to identify perceived leadership styles of nursing deans to determine whether they correlate...

T ransformational leadership is an actionbased leadership style that recognizes the need for change, which is guided by admirable influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized attention.1 Shared governance is an empowering process designed to achieve organizational goals by promoting shared decision making and accountability.2 Both transformational leadership...

the degree of complexity attendant in university administration is hardly to be encountered in any other organization with peculiarities which distinguish it from military, paramilitary and ministry. the vice chancellor in university is primarily concerned with how to manage resources allocated to them which requires constant teamwork and communication; however the situation is different in mos...

This study integrates the constructs of organisational change strategies, market orientation, top management behaviour, leadership style, learning orientation and business performance. A survey was sent to the top 2,000 organisations within Australia, as defined by annual revenue. Data was analysed using twostage least squares regression (2SLS). Findings indicate that both planned and emergent ...

The development of information systems is a difficult process that often ends in failing to meet the project’s initial goals. Typical outcomes for information systems development projects include delivering promised products & services on time and within budget. These pressures are now compounded by the use of virtual teams that present a new set of challenges related to the cohesion, organizat...

The rise in the demand to improve healthcare (HC) service quality has led current research to focus on cost effective initiatives like the social networks. Social networks support HC professionals, physicians as in the case of this study, to make better medical decisions to reduce the high rate of currently reported diagnostic errors. This progressing research critiqued the current literature r...

the purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and leadership styles. organizational culture is important factor that can be influence organizational performance and also leadership is one of the key parts that can be affected organizational success. however, recognition about the relationship between these two effective factors on organizational perfo...