Openness to Change: Experiential and Demographic Components of Change in Local Health Department Leaders

Frontiers in Public Health

Emmanuel D. Jadhav¹ 

关键词: public health leadership;    organization theory;    openness to change;    public health management;    workforce development;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00209

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDuring the 2008–2010 economic recession, Kentucky local health department (LHD) leaders utilized innovative strategies to maintain their programs. A characteristic of innovative strategy is leader openness to change. Leader demographical research in for-profit organizations has yielded valuable insight into leader openness to change. For LHD leaders, the nature of the association between leader demographic and organizational characteristics on leader openness to change is unknown. The objectives of this study are to identify variation in openness to change by leaders’ demographic and organizational characteristics and to characterize the underlying relationships.

【 授权许可】

CC BY