Learning leadership through practice - healthcare managers' experience

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-122

  Nilsson, Kerstin ^a   Furåker, Carina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Health leadership competencies; Health services; Hospitals; Leadership; Learning; Management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860377601     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511871211221037     Document Type: Article

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