• How is leadership experienced in joy-of-life-nursing-homes compared to ordinary nursing homes: a qualitative study 

      Andre, Beate; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Haugan, Gørill (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Nursing homes are under strong pressure to provide good care to the patients. In Norway, municipalities have applied the ‘Joy-of-Life-Nursing-Homes’ (JoLNH) strategy which is based on a health-promoting approach ...
    • The importance of being a compassionate leader: The views of nursing and midwifery managers from around the world 

      Papadopoulos, Irena; Lazzarino, Runa; Koulouglioti, Christina; Aagard, Magdeline; Akman, Özlem; Alpers, Lise-Merete; Apostolara, Paraskevi; Araneda-Bernal, Julieta; Biglete-Pangilinan, Sylvia; Eldar-Regev, Orit; González-Gil, Maria Teresa; Kouta, Christiania; Krepinska, Radka; Lesińska-Sawicka, Malgorzata; Liskova, Miroslava; Lopez-Diaz, Alba Lucero; Malliarou, Maria; Martín-García, Ángel; Muñoz-Solinas, Mara; Nagórska, Malgorzata; Ngunyulu, Roinah Nkhensani; Nissim, Sara; Nortvedt, Line; Oconer-Rubiano, Florinda; Oter-Quintana, Cristina; Öztürk, Candan; Papp, Katalin; Piratoba-Hernandez, Blanca; Rousou, Elena; Tolentino-Diaz, Maria Ymelda; Tothova, Valerie; Zorba, Akile (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Introduction: Despite the importance of compassionate leadership in health care, many of the existing publications do not account for the effect of culture. The aim of this study is to explore the views of nursing and ...
    • Leading through the sermon 

      Austnaberg, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As the subject of leading through the sermon is to a large extent absent in homiletical literature, this article investigates how the sermon can be used as a tool in leading church development processes. Congregations ...
    • Marionetter eller dirigenter? Strategiarbeid, utvikling og ledelse i og av religiøse organisasjoner. 

      Sirris, Stephen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The purpose of this article is to enhance our knowledge of how congregational leaders understand and perform strategy in their work. By comparing findings from interviews with priests, churchwardens, and leaders of parish ...
    • Minding the gaps in managers’ self-realisation: The values-based leadership discourse of a diaconal organisation 

      Sirris, Stephen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Work is an important source of meaning for managers in modern organisations. This article explores a leadership discourse in a diaconal organisation and aims at analysing managers’ notions of self-realisation. Based on a ...
    • Å arbeide med verdier i kirken. Etisk refleksjonsveiledning og verdibevissthet i religiøse organisasjoner 

      Sirris, Stephen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The aim of the article is to investigate how the use of supervision in ethical reflection can facilitate value - consciousness in religious organizations. In turn, this contributes to our knowledge about the role of values ...