Leadership in Health Services: Volume 37 Issue 5

Evaluation of the impact of leadership development on nurses and midwives underpinned by transformational learning theory: a corpus-informed analysis

Carmel Bond, Gemma Stacey, Greta Westwood, Louisa Long

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of leadership development programmes, underpinned by Transformational Learning Theory (TLT).

The impact of an educational intervention on physician leadership competencies among rural and remote primary care doctors in Aceh, Indonesia

Fury Maulina, Mubasysyir Hasanbasri, Jamiu O. Busari, Fedde Scheele

This study aims to examine how an educational intervention, using the lens of the LEADS framework, can influence the development of primary care doctors’ leadership skills in…

Nurse leaders’ perceptions of future leadership in hospital settings in the post-pandemic era: a qualitative descriptive study

Eeva Vuorivirta-Vuoti, Suvi Kuha, Outi Kanste

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has challenged leadership in hospitals worldwide. The experiences of leadership during the pandemic changed leadership significantly. This study…

Health-care leaders’ and professionals’ experiences and perceptions of compassionate leadership: A mixed-methods systematic review

Kevin Östergård, Suvi Kuha, Outi Kanste

The purpose of this study is to identify and synthesise the best evidence on health-care leaders’ and professionals’ experiences and perceptions of compassionate leadership.

An explorative and confirmative factor analysis of the Leadership and Management Inventory-II among staff working in elderly care

Bernice Skytt, Hans Högberg, Maria Engström

The Purpose of the study was to investigate the construct validity and internal consistency of the LaMI among staff in the context of elderly care in Sweden.

First-line managers struggling to lead home care based on the individual’s needs and goals – conflict between ethical principles

Inger James, Annica Kihlgren, Margaretha Norell Pejner, Sofia Tavemark

The purpose of this paper is to describe how first-line managers (FLMs) in home care (HC) reason about the opportunities and obstacles to lead the work according to the…

Suggesting a holistic framework for understanding healthcare services leadership competence – a critical interpretive synthesis

Ingrid Marie Leikvoll Oskarsson, Erlend Vik

Healthcare providers are under pressure due to increasing and more complex demands for services. Increased pressure on budgets and human resources adds to an ever-growing problem…

Untangling the perception of value in value-based healthcare – an interview study

Axel Wolf, Annette Erichsen Andersson, Ewa Wikström, Fredrik Bååthe

Value-based health care (VBHC) argues that health-care needs to re-focus to maximise value creation, defining value as the quota when dividing the outcomes important for the…