Understanding avoidant leadership in health care: Findings from a secondary analysis of two qualitative studies

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-580

  Jackson, Debra ^a,b   Hutchinson, Marie ^c   Peters, Kath ^d   Luck, Lauretta ^d   Saltman, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Services Management   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avoidant leadership; Health care; Leadership; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS;

EID: 84876174647     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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