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- Title
Taking a case study approach to assessing alternative leadership models in health care.
- Authors
Harris, Jonathan; Mayo, Paula
- Abstract
Good leadership is essential to patient-centred care and staff satisfaction in the healthcare environment. All members of the healthcare team can be leaders and evidence-based theory should inform their leadership practice. This article uses a case study approach to critically evaluate leadership as exercised by a charge nurse and a student nurse in a clinical scenario. Ineffective leadership styles are identified and alternatives proposed; considerable attention is given to critiquing both 'heroic' and 'post-heroic' transformational leadership theories. The concept of power will also be discussed, as power and leadership are closely related, and the importance of empowering members of the healthcare team through altering organisational structure is emphasised. This article advocates leadership that encourages innovation, enhances patient-centred care, encourages excellence and has ethical integrity. Recommendations of appropriate models of leadership are provided, while existing gaps in the healthcare leadership literature are highlighted.
- Publication
British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 2018, Vol 27, Issue 11, p608
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2018.27.11.608