... ; Shook, 2010). Lean manufacturing Lean management Leadership style Contextual variables The evolutionary process for achieving a successful lean enterprise requires different leadership styles according to the context in which leaders are inserted. This research provides arguments to help...

... of healthcare activities. One of the more popular approaches to improving flow is Lean management. This popularity is reflected in the growing number of studies focusing on Lean in health care (e.g. Chiarini and Bracci, 2013 ; Papadopoulos et al., 2011 ; Papadopoulos, 2012 ; Poksinska, 2010...

..., 2009 ; Jabnoun, 2001), and “customer focus” (Womack et al., 1990). Most of these values of effective lean managers are clearly others-focused or self-transcendent, but, to date, a systematic empirical study has not been carried out on the specific content of lean-team leaders’ values...