Leadership Development on Health Management

Dear Colleagues,

The ongoing discussions and research on leadership in healthcare are contextualized in terms of outcomes at various levels (units, hospitals, organizations/institutions, healthcare systems, and countries) and ongoing healthcare reform. The current focus is on the integrated and continuing role of leadership and management, enhancement of established notions of leadership such as transformational leadership, incorporation of shared and collectivist leadership models, enhancing leadership by physicians, leadership development and leadership effectiveness. Various competency frameworks guide leadership development and its exercise by leaders. Leadership development in healthcare is multifaceted, ranging from multiple disjointed efforts to coordinated activities under the auspices of overarching organizations.

Given that reservations about leadership development and its impact have been expressed, conceptualizations of leadership development are still evolving, and some assumptions are questioned, this is a call for papers on theoretical and pragmatic aspects of leader and leadership development in healthcare including but not restricted to development approaches rooted firmly in theoretical foundations, drawing lessons from other industries; e.g., public sector challenges and limitations of leadership development that address development of complex abilities using various methods in different settings (curricular approaches to teaching and learning, role of motivation and experience, and the role of organizational factors), improvements in leadership development, and the measures of effectiveness of leadership development programs in healthcare. Recognizing distinct and overlapping elements of the constructs of leadership and management and the necessity for leveraging a wider pool of talent in leading complex organizations, we are inviting papers that either support or challenge the traditional notions of leadership development, provide examples of innovations in leadership development, and explore new ideas on what would be required for leadership to emerge. Manuscripts types to be considered include reviews (scoping, realist, systemic), empirical research, and commentaries. 

Dr. Anurag Saxena
Guest Editor

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• Leadership development
• Healthcare
• Management in healthcare