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Leadership in Health Services (LHS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a leading platform for advancing knowledge, theory, and practice in leadership and management within the healthcare sector.

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June 14 2025
First-line managers’ experiences of and reflections on structural conditions for management practice in hospital settings
Karin Lundin, Bernice Skytt, Marit Silén, Maria Engström, Annika Strömberg
June 26 2025
Association of well-being-centered leadership with burnout and professional fulfillment among physicians: mediating effects of autonomy support and self-valuation
Anthony C. Waddimba, Jamile Ashmore, Megan E. Douglas, Linda M. Thompson, Colleen Parro, J. Michael DiMaio, Tait D. Shanafelt
June 26 2025
The mediating role of employees engagement in the relationship between adaptive leadership and service quality in the health sector
Biniam Ali Eshete, Tilaye Kassahun
September 16 2025
Exploring turnover among first-line managers in healthcare: a cohort study of span of control, management performance and stress indicators
Jonas Svanström, Maria Lindberg, Bernice Skytt, Magnus Lindberg

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