<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background. Leadership competences play an important role for the success of effective leadership. The purpose of this study was to examine leadership competences of managers in the healthcare sector in Slovenia. Methods. Data were collected in 2008. The research included 265 employees in healthcare and 267 business managers. Respondents assessed their level of 16 leadership relevant competences on a 7-point Likert-type scale. Results. Test of differences between competences and leader position of health care professionals yielded statistically significant differences between leader and non-leader positions. Leaders gave strongest emphasis to interpersonal and informational competences, while regarding decision making competences, the differences between leaders and other employees are not that significant. When comparing competences of healthcare managers with those of business managers, results show that healthcare managers tend to give weaker emphasis to competences related to all three managerial roles than business managers. Conclusions. The study showed that in Slovenian health care, leaders distinguish themselves from other employees in some leadership competences. In addition, all three dimensions of leadership competences significantly distinguished the group of healthcare managers from the business managers, which indicates a serious lag in leadership competences among leaders in Slovenian healthcare</abstract>

Background. Leadership competences play an important role for the success of effective leadership. The purpose of this study was to examine leadership competences of managers in the healthcare sector in Slovenia. Methods. Data were collected in 2008. The research included 265 employees in healthcare and 267 business managers. Respondents assessed their level of 16 leadership relevant competences on a 7-point Likert-type scale. Results. Test of differences between competences and leader position of health care professionals yielded statistically significant differences between leader and non-leader positions. Leaders gave strongest emphasis to interpersonal and informational competences, while regarding decision making competences, the differences between leaders and other employees are not that significant. When comparing competences of healthcare managers with those of business managers, results show that healthcare managers tend to give weaker emphasis to competences related to all three managerial roles than business managers. Conclusions. The study showed that in Slovenian health care, leaders distinguish themselves from other employees in some leadership competences. In addition, all three dimensions of leadership competences significantly distinguished the group of healthcare managers from the business managers, which indicates a serious lag in leadership competences among leaders in Slovenian healthcare

Leadership Competences in Slovenian Health Care / Vodstvene Kompetence V Slovenskem Zdravstvu

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva pl. 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Background. Leadership competences play an important role for the success of effective leadership. The purpose of this study was to examine leadership...

Leadership Competences in Slovenian Health Care / Vodstvene Kompetence V Slovenskem Zdravstvu

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: May 21, 2014

Accepted: Oct 07, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2015-0002

Keywords
leadership, competences, health care, management, Slovenia

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Leadership Competences in Slovenian Health Care / Vodstvene Kompetence V Slovenskem Zdravstvu

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: May 21, 2014

Accepted: Oct 07, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2015-0002

Keywordsleadership, competences, health care, management, Slovenia

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
leadership, competences, health care, management, Slovenia