Leadership in Health Services: Volume 37 Issue 2

Leadership to promote patient safety culture in public hospitals managed by social health organizations

Sérgio Antônio Pulzi Júnior, Claudia Affonso Silva Araujo, Mônica Ferreira da Silva

This paper aims to identify the kind of internal climate leaders should offer health-care professionals to promote a patient safety culture in public hospitals managed by social…

Practice development amidst a pandemic: a pilot programme to develop leadership in infection prevention and control professionals

Susan Jain, Kathy Dempsey, Stephanie Wilcox, Patricia Bradd, Joanne Travaglia, Deborah Debono, Linda Justin, Su-yin Hor

This paper aims to describe the design and evaluation of a pilot leadership development programme for infection prevention and control (IPAC) professionals during the COVID-19…

Toxic leadership and its relationship with outcomes on the nursing workforce and patient safety: a systematic review

Leodoro J. Labrague

This study aims to appraise and synthesize evidence examining the effects of toxic leadership on the nursing workforce and patient safety outcomes.

Factors associated with millennial nurses’ intention to pursue formal leadership roles: a cross-sectional study

Leodoro J. Labrague, Sulaiman Al Sabei, Omar Al Rawajfah, Ikram Ali Burney, Raeda Abu AlRub

This study aims to examine the level of intention to pursue formal nursing leadership roles among millennial nurses and to identify the different factors that may play a role in…

The impact of empowering and transformational leadership on innovative behaviour: the mediating role of psychological empowerment in health-care sector

Abbas Ali Mohammed, Hadi Al-Abrrow

The purpose of this study was to test a four-variable research model using organizational behavior, social and technical systems, and leadership theories. This study set out to…

Exploring the motivation of surgeons to lead juniors and the impact of their leadership on junior doctors motivation and leadership preference

Ramy Elzahhar, Jill Aylott, Buddhike Sri Harsha Indrasena, Remig Wrazen, Ahmed Othman

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise a research study to examine leadership as a relational concept between leaders and followers. The context is within surgical practice…

Relational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: do employee well-being and employee voice matter?

Abraham Ansong, Rhodaline Abena Addison, Moses Ahomka Yeboah, Linda Obeng Ansong

This study aims to investigate the mediation effects of employee voice and employee well-being on the relationship between relational leadership and organizational citizenship…

Ethical leadership in physical therapy: a developing construct that demands consideration

Sean F. Griech, Stephen Carp, Todd E. Davenport

This paper aims to introduce the Theory of Ethical Leadership as a possible means of actualizing the mission and vision statements of the American Physical Therapy Association as…

I became a leader by coincidence: specialised nurses as leaders in the field of mental health and substance abuse

Else Marie Lysfjord, Siv Skarstein

This study aims to examine nurses’ motivation for leadership and explore important challenges nurses face in leadership positions.