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Effective Leadership Styles in Family Therapy
Author(s) -
Cross Judith
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0156-8779
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1979.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - leadership style , psychology , shared leadership , family therapy , style (visual arts) , transactional leadership , leadership , work (physics) , social psychology , psychotherapist , mechanical engineering , engineering , history , archaeology
Leadership studies in group work have found that leadership style is an important factor in influencing the success of a group. It is vital that family therapists also consider this area and examine their leadership behaviour and its effectiveness in helping the family they see. In this paper a model is presented which links leadership style with the types of families coming for treatment, and to changes in their functioning over time.