Leadership challenges in health care organizations: The case of Iranian hospitals

Ghiasipour, Maryam; Mosadeghrad, Ali Mohammad; Asgari, Mohammad; Jaafaripooyan, Ebrahim

doi:10.14196/mjiri.31.96

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“…Further, the need to delegate authority to relevant local institutions and centers to expedite the decisionmaking process was another nding of this study. Unfortunately, the existence of slow bureaucratic structures in Iran has always been considered as one of the obstacles in the face of crises [45]. Notably, Norway was one of the most successful countries in controlling the COVID-19 using the capacity of regional and local enterprises such as municipalities [46].…”

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Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Zarei

Shahabi

Sadati

et al. 2020

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Background: The government is the main body in charge of controlling epidemics; hence, expectations from government’s intention and capacity would affect citizens’ behavior and flexibility. Given the severity of COVID-19 pandemic and an urgent need for people's cooperation in the prevention and combat processes, understanding the public perspectives would be crucial and instructive. This study aimed to explore such perspectives towards the current pandemic among the Iranian. Indeed, we sought to provide a favorable platform for effective policies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic by recognizing public expectations.Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey and text data were collected in three areas. We used an open-ended online questionnaire to investigate the common perspectives of the Iranian towards government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were selected using snowball and convenient sampling techniques across the country. The collected data were analyzed and described using thematic content analysis. Results: In general, 2547 participants agreed to participate in this study and completed the online questionnaire. According to the findings, the Iranian exhibited several expectations regarding the government's response to COVID-19 pandemic, based on which three main themes were extracted: (1) health-related expectations, (2) policy-related expectations, and (3) mass media-related expectations. In this study, a majority of the participants highlighted the need to consider and follow-up the patients and their families, provide financial and hygiene support during the pandemic, apply strict restrictions, and have close monitoring and controlling procedures. Furthermore, they mentioned that authorities and news agencies should observe honesty and transparency principals.Conclusions: Our findings revealed that people expect the government and other responsible institutions to minimize the burden of this pandemic on them through adopting effective policies. The study findings could help policy-makers become aware of people's expectations and develop better strategies.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Zarei

Shahabi

Sadati

et al. 2020

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Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Zarei

Shahabi

Sadati

et al. 2020

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Background: The government is the main body in charge of controlling epidemics; hence, expectations from government’s intention and capacity would affect citizens’ behavior and flexibility. Given the severity of COVID-19 pandemic and an urgent need for people's cooperation in the prevention and combat processes, understanding the public perspectives would be crucial and instructive. This study aimed to explore such perspectives towards the current pandemic among the Iranian. Indeed, we sought to provide a favorable platform for effective policies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic by recognizing public expectations.Methods: This qualitative study used an open-ended online questionnaire to investigate the common perspectives of the Iranian towards government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were selected using snowball and convenient sampling techniques across the country. The collected data were analyzed and described using thematic content analysis. Results: In general, 2547 participants agreed to participate in this study and completed the online questionnaire. According to the findings, the Iranian exhibited several expectations regarding the government's response to COVID-19 pandemic, based on which three main themes were extracted: (1) health-related expectations, (2) policy-related expectations, and (3) mass media-related expectations. In this study, a majority of the participants highlighted the need to consider and follow-up the patients and their families, provide financial and hygiene support during the pandemic, apply strict restrictions, and have close monitoring and controlling procedures. Furthermore, they mentioned that authorities and news agencies should observe honesty and transparency principals.Conclusions: Our findings revealed that people expect the government and other responsible institutions to minimize the burden of this pandemic on them through adopting effective policies. The study findings could help policy-makers become aware of people's expectations and develop better strategies.

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“…According to Wongprasit (2012), it was found that the leadership competency of the private hospital director in Thailand includes human resource management and development and employee engagement. The study of Ghiasipour et al (2017) found that the challenges of leadership in healthcare organisations were human resources (the number and distribution of human resources, staff empowerment and education, motivational mechanisms, and staff diversity).…”

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The Leadership Characteristics Model of Primary Public Health Administrators in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand

Wongprasit

Seangsawang

Chourwong

et al. 2020

Journal of Health Management

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The objectives of this research were aimed to study the leadership characteristics model of primary public health administrators in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The data of this qualitative research were collected by an in-depth interview. The instrument used in this research was semi-structured interview form designed by the researcher. Derived from purposive sampling, the key informants were comprised of 30 primary public health administrators or directors of the subdistrict health-promoting hospitals. The data were analysed by content analysis approach and interpreted in accordance with the research objectives. The findings revealed that the main leadership characteristics of primary public health administrators consisted of (a) the administrational integration, (b) the time management, (c) love for work, (d) the holistic health model, (e) the human resource management and (f) the ethics. These results were presented as a leadership characteristics model of primary public health administrators in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, or the HEALTH model. For problems and obstacles, it was found that the problem of the mental condition of the caregivers of the in-bed patients had increased. The personal development following the central government’s policy was not in accordance with the genuine work need. The ineffective disease control obviously appeared because of the frequent immigration of alien labourers. Moreover, some Thai people in this area had bias to open the country. By this, they ignored to develop themselves. For suggestion and application, it was found that the staff responsible for the in-bed patients had increasingly encountered with a mental condition. The primary public health administrators should find solutions under participation of all related sectors in order to be ready and go forward to the perfect ageing society. As a result, the caregivers of the elderly were effective.

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Leadership challenges in health care organizations: The case of Iranian hospitals

Cited by 47 publications

References 33 publications

Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Citizens’ Expectations from Government in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Iran

The Leadership Characteristics Model of Primary Public Health Administrators in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand

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