Developing leaders and leadership in health care: A case for rebalancing?

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-18

  Edmonstone, John ^a,b,c,d  

^a MTDS Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human capital; Leadership development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551477094     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511871111102490     Document Type: Article

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