Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System
The paper reports on Stage One of a three stage research project undertaken for the Nursing and Midwifery Office, Western Australian Department of Health. It was designed to contribute an understanding of perceptions of the practice of leadership in nursing and midwifery through interviews and focus...
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| author | Klass, Des Nowak, Margaret Thomas, Gail Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese |
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| description | The paper reports on Stage One of a three stage research project undertaken for the Nursing and Midwifery Office, Western Australian Department of Health. It was designed to contribute an understanding of perceptions of the practice of leadership in nursing and midwifery through interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders we found that nurses recognised that in their changing environment there was a need for adaptive leadership supported by leadership which was open, encouraged and nurtured nurses. The importance of administrative leadership to manage the ongoing operation of the system was also remarked on. We found that organisational context and the values framework of a professional workforce can have a significant impact, in practice, on the influencing capacities of leaders. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-375542023-02-07T08:01:20Z Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System Klass, Des Nowak, Margaret Thomas, Gail Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese Raj Pillai Mustafa Ozbilgin Bill Harley Charmine Hartel Stakeholders Critical perspectives on leadership Public sector and community leadership Strategic leadership The paper reports on Stage One of a three stage research project undertaken for the Nursing and Midwifery Office, Western Australian Department of Health. It was designed to contribute an understanding of perceptions of the practice of leadership in nursing and midwifery through interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders we found that nurses recognised that in their changing environment there was a need for adaptive leadership supported by leadership which was open, encouraged and nurtured nurses. The importance of administrative leadership to manage the ongoing operation of the system was also remarked on. We found that organisational context and the values framework of a professional workforce can have a significant impact, in practice, on the influencing capacities of leaders. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37554 ANZAM fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Stakeholders Critical perspectives on leadership Public sector and community leadership Strategic leadership Klass, Des Nowak, Margaret Thomas, Gail Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title | Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title_full | Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title_fullStr | Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title_short | Context of Leadership: Nursing and Midwifery in the Western Australian Public Health System |
| title_sort | context of leadership: nursing and midwifery in the western australian public health system |
| topic | Stakeholders Critical perspectives on leadership Public sector and community leadership Strategic leadership |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37554 |