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Leader Behaviour

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Management in Health Care

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This chapter contains a discussion of leader behaviour theory with an application of theory to the system diagnosis in order to determine the appropriate leader behaviour for a unique system that will achieve a goal.

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La Monica, E.L. (1994). Leader Behaviour. In: Management in Health Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23156-0_5

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