Medical leadership: boon or barrier to organisational performance? A thematic synthesis of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The influx of management ideas into healthcare has triggered considerable debate about if and how managerial and medical logics can coexist. Recent reviews suggest that clinician involvement in hospital management can lead to superior performance. We, therefore, sought to systematically explore conditions that can either facilitate or impede the influence of medical leadership on organisational performance.

Design

Systematic review using thematic synthesis guided by the Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the synthesis of Qualitative research statement.

Data sources

We searched PubMed, Web of Science and PsycINFO from 1 January 2006 to 21 January 2020.

Eligibility criteria

We included peer-reviewed, empirical, English language articles and literature

SUBMITTER: Savage M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375428 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature