... of complexity science to understand the phenomenon of leadership in health and social care contexts. The aim of this secondary analysis was to provide a further insight into how complexity science has been applied to the concept of health and social care leadership. Design/methodology/approach A secondary...

... and the choices of care home residents and their families. Leadership Social care Elder care Change management Home Inspection Leadership Health and social care services within England, are delivered within a local healthcare economy, through a range of interconnected organisations each...

...Lars Edgren; Keith Barnard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how a complex adaptive systems (CAS) approach can be used to promote the integration of health and social care for the benefit of the user. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a research review and a conceptual...

... care, work substance exceeds the importance of leadership. However, special emphasis has also been placed on supporting the personnel and the clients' legal rights as well as on the quality of activities within social care (Niiranen, 1994 , 2004 ; Aaltonen, 1999). Elina Viitanen can...

... be contacted at: lauri.kokkinen@uta.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Personnel administration Leadership Social care Health services Middle managers Finland Personnel is considered an essential part of an organisation's actual value and companies investing in their employees...