Enactment of compassionate leadership by nursing and midwifery managers: results from an international online survey

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F22%3A43903689" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/22:43903689 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2021/09/26/leader-2020-000385" target="_blank" >https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2021/09/26/leader-2020-000385</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/leader-2020-000385" target="_blank" >10.1136/leader-2020-000385</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Enactment of compassionate leadership by nursing and midwifery managers: results from an international online survey

Original language description

Aim To explore the views of an international sample of nursing and midwifery managers concerning attributes that they associate with compassionate management. Method A cross-sectional online survey. Using a snowballing sampling method, 1217 responses were collected from nursing and midwifery managers in 17 countries. A total of complete 933 responses to a question related to which actions and behaviours indicated that a manager was exercising compassionate leadership were analysed for this paper. First, content analysis of the responses was conducted, and second, a relative distribution of the identified themes for the overall sample and for each participating country was calculated. Results Six main themes were identified describing the attributes of a compassionate leader: (1) Virtuous support, (2) Communication, (3) Personal virtues of the manager, (4) Participatory communication, (5) Growth/flourishing/ nurturing and (6) Team cohesion. The first three themes mentioned above collectively accounted for 63% of the responses, and can therefore be considered to be the most important characteristics of compassionate management behaviour. Conclusion The key indicators of compassionate management in nursing and midwifery which were identified emphasise approachability, active and sensitive listening, sympathetic responses to staff members&apos; difficulties (especially concerning child and other caring responsibilities), active support of and advocacy for the staff team and active problem solving and conflict resolution. While there were differences between the countries&apos; views on compassionate healthcare management, some themes were widely represented among different countries&apos; responses, which suggest key indicators of compassionate management that apply across cultures.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMJ Leader

ISSN

2398-631X

e-ISSN

2398-631X

Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

186-191

UT code for WoS article

000725014700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85132258303