Followers and the co-construction of leadership

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-516

  Kean, Susanne ^a   Haycock Stuart, Elaine ^a   Baggaley, Sarah ^a   Carson, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Followership; Individual interviews; Leadership; Qualitative research; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79955970118     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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