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Leadership, nurses and the 1980s *
Author(s) -
Larsen Jenniece
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00467.x
Subject(s) - politics , psychology , nursing , sociology , medicine , political science , law
The author examines some of the reasons for the leadership problems in nursing by focusing on the question of ‘why leaders are not leading’. Drawing on James MacGregor Bums’ general theory of political leadership, the article examines issues of motives, resources, followers and the structure of nursing today.