Koya, K., Anderson, J. and Sice, P. (2017) The embodied nurse : interdisciplinary knowledge exchange between compassionate nursing and recent developments in embodied leadership studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73 (12). pp. 3028-3040. ISSN 0309-2402
Abstract
Aims
To report a potential knowledge exchange between nursing studies and the results obtained from a study conducted into the attributes of embodied leadership.
Background
Leadership theories have been applied to evaluate, improve, and train nursing practitioners in several previous studies. However, leadership research has entered a new phase where the focus is to produce sustainable leaders through authenticity and compassion, the same two characteristics identified as being of most success in emergent nursing practice. There are few studies that have indicated a knowledge exchange between the latest developments in leadership studies and nursing.
Design
An exploratory and qualitative study.
Methods
Between February 2012 - July 2012, a focused sample of 14 medical care professionals was interviewed across a chain of hospitals. The aim was to evaluate embodied leadership characteristics and understand the factors that contribute to the manifestation of these characteristics. The transcribed interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.
Findings
Several factors that contribute to the characteristics of embodied leadership have been identified in the interviews and in subsequent literature searches on the characteristics and contributing factors found to be associated with nursing research. These could prompt a knowledge exchange.
Conclusion
The results suggest common ground between nursing and contemporary leadership research in the exposition of behaviours; namely, being non-judgmental, listening actively, reflective practice and embracing uncertainty. Several implications can therefore be expected through the exchange of knowledge resulting from collaboration between researchers in the two disciplines.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Advanced Nursing. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | care giving; emotional intelligence; leadership; nurse education; nurse roles; nursing theory; Empathy; Humans; Leadership; Nursing Staff, Hospital |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2022 06:43 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2022 06:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jan.13363 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188336 |