[Influence of leadership style on knowledge management and hospital efficiency].

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    • Transliterated Title:
      Influencia del liderazgo en gestión del conocimiento y eficiencia hospitalaria.
    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier España Country of Publication: Spain NLM ID: 8901623 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1578-1283 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02139111 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gac Sanit Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Madrid : Elsevier España
      Original Publication: [Barcelona] : Ajuntament de Barcelona, Àrea de Sanitat, Salut Pública i Medi Ambient, 1987-
    • Subject Terms:
      Leadership* ; Knowledge Management*; Humans ; Hospitals ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Objective: To analyse the effect of leadership style on knowledge management in hospitals and hospital efficiency based on the opinion of experts in hospital management, applying fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM).
      Method: FCM are relational models that can be used to graphically represent expert opinion and knowledge to infer cause-effect relationships between different concepts. The use of FCM as a simulation tool allows the evaluation of possible scenarios based on different leadership styles in hospitals.
      Results: In the resulting augmented matrix, standardized effects range from 0.02 to 0.84, with the highest value representing the strongest relationship between knowledge exploitation and hospital efficiency. From the viewpoint of experts, knowledge creation within the hospital also influences hospital efficiency. Regarding variables reflecting leadership characteristics, positive effects have been identified, though with varying intensities, between authority, benevolence, and charisma, both in terms of knowledge creation and exploitation, as well as hospital efficiency. The transformational leadership style is associated with coefficients having higher values for knowledge management and hospital efficiency.
      Conclusions: Experts suggest that hospitals with authoritarian leadership styles would exhibit lower levels of knowledge creation and management, as well as lower hospital efficiency. On the other hand, they associate hospitals managed with a paternalistic leadership style with better values in both knowledge creation and exploitation, as well as hospital efficiency, compared to the authoritarian leadership style. Finally, they attribute the highest levels in aspects related to knowledge management and hospital efficiency to the transformational leadership style.
      (Copyright © 2023 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Efficiency; Eficiencia; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Gestión del conocimiento; Knowledge management; Leadership; Liderazgo; Mapas cognitivos difusos
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20231122 Date Completed: 20231124 Latest Revision: 20231217
    • Publication Date:
      20231218
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102342
    • Accession Number:
      37992459