Abstract
The leadership styles of hospital pharmacy directors and the association between leadership style, participative management, and innovative pharmaceutical services were studied using a mail questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to 570 randomly selected hospital pharmacy directors. Included were a validated instrument that measures task-oriented versus relationship-oriented leadership behavior and other questions about participation of staff members, innovative services, and respondents' personal characteristics. The response rate was 69%. The majority of respondents perceived their leadership as highly relationship-oriented as well as highly task-oriented. Respondents with the 'high relationship-high task' leadership style had the highest scores for subordinate participation. There were no significant differences in scores for innovative services by leadership style. A positive correlation between scores for subordinate participation and scores for innovative services was demonstrated. Most hospital pharmacy directors used a management style in which relationships and staff participation were important.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1069-1073 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Leadership and Management
- Pharmaceutical Science