Congruent Leadership: values in action

To discuss the significance of an appropriate leadership theory in order to develop an understanding of clinical leadership. Leadership theories developed from management and related paradigms, particularly transformational leadership, may be ineffective in supporting nurses to gain insights into cl...

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Main Author: Stanley, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18679
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description To discuss the significance of an appropriate leadership theory in order to develop an understanding of clinical leadership. Leadership theories developed from management and related paradigms, particularly transformational leadership, may be ineffective in supporting nurses to gain insights into clinical leadership or to develop and implement clinical leadership skills. Instead, congruent leadership theory, based on a match between the clinical leaders' actions and their values and beliefs about care and nursing, may offer a more firm theoretical foundation on which clinical nurses can build an understanding of and capacity to implement clinical leadership or become clinical leaders.It is important to recognize that leadership theories based on a management paradigm may not be appropriate for all clinical applications. Education should be aimed specifically at clinical leaders, recognizing that clinical leaders are followed not for their vision or creativity (even if they demonstrate these), but because they translate their values and beliefs about care into action.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-186792017-09-13T16:04:40Z Congruent Leadership: values in action Stanley, David nursing leadership leadership theories congruent leadership clinical leadership To discuss the significance of an appropriate leadership theory in order to develop an understanding of clinical leadership. Leadership theories developed from management and related paradigms, particularly transformational leadership, may be ineffective in supporting nurses to gain insights into clinical leadership or to develop and implement clinical leadership skills. Instead, congruent leadership theory, based on a match between the clinical leaders' actions and their values and beliefs about care and nursing, may offer a more firm theoretical foundation on which clinical nurses can build an understanding of and capacity to implement clinical leadership or become clinical leaders.It is important to recognize that leadership theories based on a management paradigm may not be appropriate for all clinical applications. Education should be aimed specifically at clinical leaders, recognizing that clinical leaders are followed not for their vision or creativity (even if they demonstrate these), but because they translate their values and beliefs about care into action. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18679 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00895.x Blackwell Publishing restricted
spellingShingle nursing leadership
leadership theories
congruent leadership
clinical leadership
Stanley, David
Congruent Leadership: values in action
title Congruent Leadership: values in action
title_full Congruent Leadership: values in action
title_fullStr Congruent Leadership: values in action
title_full_unstemmed Congruent Leadership: values in action
title_short Congruent Leadership: values in action
title_sort congruent leadership: values in action
topic nursing leadership
leadership theories
congruent leadership
clinical leadership
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18679