180° view on general practitioners' leadership skills: practice-level comparisons of leader and staff assessments using data from the cluster-randomised controlled IMPROVEjob study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Strong primary care leaders are needed to assure high quality services for patient populations. This study analysed general practitioners' (GP) leadership skills comparing practice-level self and staff assessments based on the full range of leadership model and the leader-member exchange (LMX).

Setting

The questionnaire survey was conducted among German general practice leaders and their staff participating in the IMPROVEjob trial.

Participants

The study population comprised 60 German general practices with 366 participants: 84 GP practice leaders and 282 employees (28 physicians and 254 practice assistants).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Leadership skills of the practice leaders were measured using the Integrative Leadership Question

SUBMITTER: Schmidt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature