In many developed-world countries, there have been efforts to increase the 'leadership
capacity'of healthcare professionals, particularly lower-status staff without formal managerial …

Medical leadership is an increasingly important aspect of hospital management. By
engaging physicians in leadership roles, hospitals aim to improve their clinical and financial …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore involving doctors in shared leadership. It
examines the policies that have led to the focus on shared leadership and the implications …

Background As the pace of health sector transformation accelerates, the importance of
leadership continues to grow across all health professions. Advances in a variety of …

Leadership has been described as the behavior of an individual when directing the activities
of a group toward a shared goal. The key aspects of the leadership role involves influencing …

Formal training in the multifaceted components of leadership is now accepted as highly
desirable for health care leaders. Despite natural leadership instincts, some core leadership …

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant le responsibilities
over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore how leadership is practiced across four
different hospital units. Design/methodology/approach–The study is a comparative case …

The study of leadership in health care is important to examine for many reasons. Health care
leaders will inevitably have an impact on the lives of many people, as individuals rely on …