Informal Leadership in the Clinical Setting: Occupational Therapist Perspectives.
Background: Leadership is vital to clinical, organizational, and professional success. This has compelled a high volume of research primarily related to formal leadership concepts. However, as organizations flatten, eliminate departmental structures, or decentralize leadership structures the relevan...
| Publicado en: | Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT) Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
Spring2018
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