Substitutes for leadership in anaesthesia teams and their impact on leadership effectiveness

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-531

  Künzle, Barbara ^a   Zala Mezö, Enikö ^b   Kolbe, Michaela ^a   Wacker, Johannes ^c   Grote, Gudela ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical care teams; Leadership; Patient safety; Substitutes for leadership; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956687900     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320902986170     Document Type: Article

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