Community pharmacists' attitudes, opinions and beliefs about leadership in the profession: An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The profession of pharmacy needs effective leaders to navigate change. Indirect indicators suggest there are insufficient numbers of pharmacists who actually want to be leaders. A paucity of research limits our understanding of what motivates and demotivates pharmacists to be leaders. This exploratory study was undertaken to investigate community pharmacists' attitudes, opinions and beliefs about leadership.

Methods

Interviews with 38 pharmacists were conducted either in person or using telecommunication applications such as Skype. A semistructured interview guide was used to elicit comments about leadership in general and in pharmacy, perceived leadership roles and barriers/enablers to leadership. Data were analyzed using Chan and Drasgow's motivation-to-lead fra

SUBMITTER: Shikaze D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6344965 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature