Leadership in Health Services: Volume 31 Issue 4

The influence of leadership behavior, organizational commitment, organizational support, subjective career success on organizational readiness for change in healthcare organizations

Mahmoud Al-Hussami, Sawsan Hammad, Firas Alsoleihat

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of leadership behavior, organizational commitment, organizational support and subjective career success on organizational…

Sensemaking and cognitive shifts – learning from dissemination of a National Quality Register in health care and elderly care

Annika Maria Margareta Nordin, Boel Andersson Gäre, Ann-Christine Andersson

The purpose of this study is to examine and establish how sensemaking develops among a group of external change agents (ECAs) engaged to disseminate a national quality register…

Career path from a dentist to a leader

Tiina A. Tuononen, Anna Liisa Suominen, Johanna Lammintakanen

The purpose of this paper was to study the career paths of leaders with a career background as a dentist from basic degree to chief or executive leadership positions and…

Prospective sensemaking of a national quality register in health care and elderly care

Annika Maria Margareta Nordin, Boel Andersson Gäre, Ann-Christine Andersson

The purpose of this paper is to examine how external change agents (ECAs) engaged to disseminate a national quality register (NQR) called Senior alert nationwide in the Swedish…

Quality improvement in curriculum development

Victor Maddalena, Amanda Pendergast, Gerona McGrath

There is a growing emphasis on teaching patient safety principles and quality improvement (QI) processes in medical education curricula. This paper aims to present how the Faculty…

Developing health leadership with Health LEADS Australia

Elizabeth Shannon, Andi Sebastian

Leadership, and leadership development, in health and human services is essential. This review aims to draw conclusions from practice within the Australian context.

Can Lean Six Sigma be used to reduce medication errors in the health-care sector?

Yaifa Trakulsunti, Jiju Antony

The purpose of this paper is to present the implementation of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to reduce medication errors, by using four case examples. The paper will also suggest…

Organisational learning

John Duncan Edmonstone

The understanding of “organisations” has changed fundamentally from seeing them as concrete entities to viewing them as communities of meaning. Mature adults in healthcare learn…

Incorporating sustainability in small health-care facilities: an integrated model

Kevin Wing Ki Chu, Lenis Lai Wan Cheung

It is challenging for small health-care facilities to implement changes when human and financial resources are limited for day-to-day operations. This paper aims to propose an…

Leadership in interprofessional health and social care teams: a literature review

Tony Smith, Sally Fowler-Davis, Susan Nancarrow, Steven Mark Brian Ariss, Pam Enderby

The purpose of this study is to review evidence on the nature of effective leadership in interprofessional health and social care teams.

Factors that foster or prevent sense of belonging among social and health care managers

Mai-Stiina Lampinen, Anne Irmeli Konu, Tarja Kettunen, Elina Annikki Suutala

The purpose of this study is to identify factors that foster or prevent sense of belonging among frontline and middle managers in social and health-care services in Finland.