Leading in healthcare - foregrounding context: The theory and practice of context - Introduction to the Special Issue

摘要

The Special Issue has sought to foreground context in theories and research on leadership and leading in healthcare organizations. We hope this focus will encourage greater relevance of healthcare research to those who are tasked with 'doing' leadership in research and/or practice. Context has been a topic of interest in many articles in Leadership addressing different analytical constructions, approaches and settings (e.g. Denis et al., 2010; Iszatt-White, 2011; Jepson, 2009; Middlehurst et al., 2009; Peck et al., 2009) as well as in other disciplinary areas (e.g. Chouliaraki and Fairclough, 2010; Leitch and Palmer, 2010). Context can encapsulate everything from dyadic interactions, through teams and professional settings to the wider organizational and institutional domains' as well as national culture.