Leadership in Health Services: Volume 37 Issue 1

Leading in a time of crisis: exploring early experiences of health facility leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria’s epicentre

Mobolanle Balogun, Festus Opeyemi Dada, Adetola Oladimeji, Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi, Adekemi Sekoni, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive effect on the health system. Health facility leaders were at the forefront of maintaining service delivery and were exposed to varied…

Implementing the HEART score in an NHS emergency department: can identity leadership combined with quality improvement promote racial equality?

Rangani Handagala, Buddhike Sri Harsha Indrasena, Prakash Subedi, Mohammed Shihaam Nizam, Jill Aylott

The purpose of this paper is to report on the dynamics of “identity leadership” with a quality improvement project undertaken by an International Medical Graduate (IMG) from Sri…

Trends of publications on transformational leadership in nursing: a bibliometric analysis

Ana Luiza Ferreira Aydogdu

This study aims to analyze the structure of publications on transformational leadership in nursing and determine its evolution process through a bibliometric analysis.

Effects of personality traits and leadership orientations of Turkish nursing students on their career adaptability: a cross-sectional study

Merve Mert-Karadas, Fusun Terzioglu, Gulten Koc

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of nursing students' personality traits and leadership orientations on their career adaptability.

Challenges and barriers to implementing the WHO Trauma Care Checklist in an emergency department in Nepal: the need for Transformational Leadership

Manas Pokhrel, Dayaram Lamsal, Buddhike Sri Harsha Indrasena, Jill Aylott, Remig Wrazen

The purpose of this paper is to report on the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) trauma care checklist (TCC) (WHO, 2016) in an emergency department in a…

Physicians as leaders: a systematic review through the lens of expert leadership

Gina Phelps Thoebes, Tracy H. Porter, Jessica A. Peck

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the current state of physician leadership. Theory of expert leadership (TEL) was applied to explore the effects of…

Examining the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between leader-member exchange and safety behavior among Algerian healthcare workers

Aida Bennouna, Assia Boughaba, Mohamed Mouda, Salim Djabou

This study aims to examine the long-term impact of leader–member exchange (LMX) on employee safety behavior. It proposes a conceptual model that includes the mediating role of job…

Stairway to heaven or a placebo: the impact of lean leadership, through job demands, on hospital workers’ engagement and performance

Robert van Kleeff, Jasmijn van Harten, Eva Knies

This study aims to examine to what extent the relationships between hospital workers’ perceptions of lean leadership behaviour, their engagement and the hospital unit’s perceived…

The role of authentic leadership in nurses’ stress and burnout in emergency departments

Mashael Alsalmi, Bayan Alilyyani

Nurses are one the essential health-care providers within society, seeking the employment of authentic leadership approaches to reduce the burnout and stressors established within…