Leadership Development: Exploring Relational Leadership Im-plications in Healthcare Organizations

Maritsa, Evangelia and Goula, Aspasia and Psychogios, Alexandros and Georgios, Pierrakos (2022) Leadership Development: Exploring Relational Leadership Im-plications in Healthcare Organizations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (23). p. 15971. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

(1) Background: Relational Leadership Theory (RLT) has been gaining rising attention for the past 20 years with studies investigating multiple implications and practices of relationships within organizations. Yet, less attention has been given in healthcare settings. By virtue of the emerging need to move beyond exploring the quality of relationships and to move towards the exploitation of relational dynamics that influence leadership development in healthcare organizations, this study explores both the dyad relationships and the context in which those occur. With recent attention directed to the implementation of human-centered practices and the creation of effective networks to bring desired results, RLT is called on to advance this agenda within healthcare organizations. (2) Material and Methods: Research articles that examined leadership theories over the past thirty years were selected from computerized databases and manual searches. (3) Results: It is argued that the way and context in which relationships are formed between leaders and members is a social process that, in turn, shapes the effectiveness of the management of those organizations. Leadership is not rank—it is the relationship with the relational dynamics that play in the same context, creating evolutionary organizational processes. (4) Conclusions: This paper challenges leadership theory one step further. Exploring an organization through relational leadership theory is much like wearing the lens of ‘cause and effect’ in leadership behavioral studies. Therefore, this study contributes to this direction with a robust co-examination of relational dynamics that take place in the healthcare sector, showcasing a broader framework in which relational leadership is germinated and influences its outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.3390/ijerph192315971
Dates:	Date Event 28 November 2022 Accepted 30 November 2022 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	leader-member exchange; relational identity; trust; organizational silence; organisational citizenship behaviour; healthcare; dynamics; leadership; development
Subjects:	CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-02 - applied psychology CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-04 - management studies CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-05 - human resource management
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Depositing User:	Alexandros Psychogios
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2022 16:33
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 12:05
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13999

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