Longenecker Paul D
The Transformational Group, LLC, Westerville, Ohio 43082, USA.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006 Jun-Jul;23(3):205-11. doi: 10.1177/1049909106289082.
Health care is a rapidly changing environment requiring a high level of leadership skills by executive level personnel. The hospice industry is experiencing the same rapid changes; however, the changes have been experienced over the brief span of 25 years. Highly skilled hospice executives are a necessity for the growth and long-term survival of hospice care. This descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the leadership skills of hospice executives. The study population consisted of hospice executives who were members of the state hospice organization in Ohio and/or licensed by the state (88 hospice providers). Three questionnaires were utilized for collecting data. These questionnaires collected data on transformational leadership skills of participants, participants' personal demographics, and their employer's organizational demographics. Forty-seven hospice executives responded (53%). Key findings reported were high levels of transformational leadership skills (mean, 3.39), increased use of laissez-faire skills with years of hospice experience (P = .57), and positive reward being a frequent leadership technique utilized (mean, 3.29). In addition, this was the first study of leadership skills of hospice executives and the first formal collection of personal demographic data about hospice executives.
医疗保健是一个快速变化的环境，要求高管级别的人员具备高水平的领导技能。临终关怀行业也在经历同样迅速的变革；然而，这些变革是在短短25年的时间里发生的。高技能的临终关怀管理人员是临终关怀护理发展和长期生存的必要条件。本描述性研究旨在评估临终关怀管理人员的领导技能。研究对象包括俄亥俄州州立临终关怀组织的成员和/或获得该州许可的临终关怀管理人员（88家临终关怀服务提供商）。使用了三份问卷来收集数据。这些问卷收集了关于参与者变革型领导技能、参与者个人人口统计学特征以及其雇主组织人口统计学特征的数据。47位临终关怀管理人员做出了回应（回应率为53%）。报告的主要发现包括变革型领导技能水平较高（平均分为3.39）、随着临终关怀经验的增加自由放任技能的使用有所增加（P = 0.57）以及积极奖励是常用的领导技巧（平均分为3.29）。此外，这是第一项关于临终关怀管理人员领导技能的研究，也是首次正式收集有关临终关怀管理人员的个人人口统计学数据。
