Role conflict: leaders and managers
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Role conflict: leaders and managers

David Stanley Time of writing a senior lecturer, Adult nursing at Worcester University, and is now associate professor of clinical and international nursing at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

David Stanley reviews the literature, and discusses his own research, on the difference between leadership and management

IT SHOULD come as no surprise to most nurses that the best and most experienced clinical members of wards or unit teams do not necessarily make the most effective managers.

Nursing Management. 13, 5, 31-37. doi: 10.7748/nm.13.5.31.s18

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