Title

The Relationship Of Health-Care Managers' Spirituality To Their Self-Perceived Leadership Practices

Abstract

This exploratory survey examines the relationship between selected dimensions of spirituality and self-perceived effective leadership practices of health-care managers. Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory and Beazley's Spiritual Assessment Scale were administered to a sample of health-care managers. Significant statistical relationships were found between and among the dimensions of both subscales. Analysis of variance revealed a statistically significant difference in three effective leadership practices by 'more spiritual than non-spiritual' managers. The confirmatory factor analysis of our theory-based model revealed a moderately positive correlation between spirituality and leadership (r = 0.50). The paper concludes with a conceptual theory postulating a rationale for the relationship between spirituality and effective leadership. © 2008 Royal Society of Medicine Press.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Health Services Management Research

Volume

21

Issue

4

Number of Pages

236-247

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1258/hsmr.2008.008004

Socpus ID

58849144806 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/58849144806

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