Qualities and Practices of Professional Social Work Leadership in an Interdisciplinary Mental Health Service: An Action Learning Approach

Autor/inn/en	McNabb, David; Webster, Michael
Titel	Qualities and Practices of Professional Social Work Leadership in an Interdisciplinary Mental Health Service: An Action Learning Approach
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 7 (2010) 1, S.41-57 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Leadership; Social Work; Leadership Qualities; Interdisciplinary Approach; Mental Health Programs; Organizational Change; Indigenous Knowledge; Questionnaires; Program Attitudes; Theory Practice Relationship; Action Research; Training Methods; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Führung; Führungsposition; Soziale Arbeit; Führungseigenschaft; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Organisationswandel; Fragebogen; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Projektforschung; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Neuseeland
Abstract	Since the mid-1980s, health service restructuring in New Zealand has strengthened managerialism, arguably detracting from professional considerations. Professional leaders without line-management responsibilities have replaced social work departments headed by a professional social worker. An emerging social work contribution to interdisciplinary leadership in mental health settings aims to advance quality of service and fill social work leadership gaps resulting from structural changes created by health policy initiatives. In the context of limited research into these changes, this paper presents an action learning organic approach examining how social work professional leaders implemented Kouzes and Posner's "exemplary leadership" in a District Health Board. This examination integrates indigenous Maori approaches to leadership with Western models. Findings suggest both caution and optimism about the professional leader "role". The paper suggests further research to explore the relationship of professional leadership and clinical governance in public health services. (Contains 1 table and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10