The enactment of plural leadership in a health and social care network: The influence of institutional context

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The enactment of plural leadership in a health and social care network: The influence of institutional context
The Leadership Quarterly

In this article we employ developments in social network analysis (SNA) specifically the p* model to examine the enactment of plural leadership within and across hierarchical levels and organizational boundaries (Denis et al. 2012). Drawing on an empirical study of an interprofessional inter-organizational network (number of nodes = 23) that delivers health and social care we address two research gaps: (i) the effect of power relations derived from professional hierarchy upon spread of plural leadership; and (ii) the effect of formal leadership derived from managerial accountability in channeling the spread of plural leadership for coherent strategic effect. We show that in a routine situation the network is characterized by generalized leadership exchanges. In this situation professional hierarchy and managerial accountability are not visible nor is channeling of plural leadership by the formal leader. In a non-routine situation when a disruptive event occurs the network is characterized by restricted exchange. In this situation professional hierarchy and managerial accountability are evident and a formal leader channels plural leadership.

Citation: 
The Leadership Quarterly 25 (2014) 730 – 745

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