Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study

ABSTRACT Aim To explore how postgraduate leadership education is translated into practice and how leadership practices and behaviours are sustained following completion of a leadership program. Design A qualitative exploratory study using an appreciative inquiry approach. Methods A single Health Dis...

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Main Authors: Rebekkah Middleton, Suzanne Murray, Sally Peters, Amy Montgomery, Elizabeth Halcomb
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70108
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description ABSTRACT Aim To explore how postgraduate leadership education is translated into practice and how leadership practices and behaviours are sustained following completion of a leadership program. Design A qualitative exploratory study using an appreciative inquiry approach. Methods A single Health District, partnered with a regional university, offering a 12‐month leadership program, the Effective Leadership in Health Program. Four semi‐structured group interviews were undertaken with 11 registered nurses (RNs) and allied health professionals. Data were audio‐recorded and transcribed before being analysed using thematic analysis. Results Four themes were revealed relating to how the learning was translated and sustained in clinical practice, namely, within (1) self, (2) others, (3) relationships and (4) sustained leadership. All participants agreed that their participation in the leadership program impacted on their subsequent approach to leadership in multiple contexts, relationships and interactions.
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spelling doaj-art-2f7d48bf1a7a48aaa72e9f9715b3f22d2025-01-27T13:49:08ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582024-12-011112n/an/a10.1002/nop2.70108Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative StudyRebekkah Middleton0Suzanne Murray1Sally Peters2Amy Montgomery3Elizabeth Halcomb4School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health University of Wollongong Wollongong AustraliaSouth Eastern Sydney Local Health District Caringbah AustraliaSouth Eastern Sydney Local Health District Caringbah AustraliaSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health University of Wollongong Wollongong AustraliaSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health University of Wollongong Wollongong AustraliaABSTRACT Aim To explore how postgraduate leadership education is translated into practice and how leadership practices and behaviours are sustained following completion of a leadership program. Design A qualitative exploratory study using an appreciative inquiry approach. Methods A single Health District, partnered with a regional university, offering a 12‐month leadership program, the Effective Leadership in Health Program. Four semi‐structured group interviews were undertaken with 11 registered nurses (RNs) and allied health professionals. Data were audio‐recorded and transcribed before being analysed using thematic analysis. Results Four themes were revealed relating to how the learning was translated and sustained in clinical practice, namely, within (1) self, (2) others, (3) relationships and (4) sustained leadership. All participants agreed that their participation in the leadership program impacted on their subsequent approach to leadership in multiple contexts, relationships and interactions.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70108industryinterdisciplinary studiesleadershippostgraduate nursing educationqualitative research
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Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
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industry
interdisciplinary studies
leadership
postgraduate nursing education
qualitative research
title Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
title_full Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
title_short Sustained Leadership Practices and Behaviours Following Postgraduate Leadership Education: A Qualitative Study
title_sort sustained leadership practices and behaviours following postgraduate leadership education a qualitative study
topic industry
interdisciplinary studies
leadership
postgraduate nursing education
qualitative research
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