Leadership During a Pandemic: A Lexical Analysis

Dadich, A; Lopes, AM

Leadership During a Pandemic: A Lexical Analysis

Dadich, A Lopes, AM

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Publisher:: Frontiers Media SA
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 10, pp. 783337
Issue Date:: 2022-04-25

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dc.contributor.author	Dadich, A
dc.contributor.author	Lopes, AM
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-21T22:57:52Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-21T22:57:52Z
dc.date.issued	2022-04-25
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 10, pp. 783337
dc.identifier.issn	2296-2565
dc.identifier.issn	2296-2565
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/157593
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>To manage pandemics, like COVID-19, leadership can enable health services to weather the storm. Yet there is limited clarity on how leadership manifested and was discussed in the literature during COVID-19. This can have considerable public health implications given the importance of leadership in the health sector. This article addresses this missed opportunity by examining the literature on leadership during a pandemic. Following a systematic search of nine academic databases in May 2021, 1,747 publications were screened. Following this, a lexical analysis of the results section was conducted, sourced from a corpus of publications across myriad journals. The results found a prevalence of references to “leader” as a sole actor, risking the perpetuation of a view that critical decisions emanate from a singular source. Moreover, “leadership” was a concept disconnected from the fray of frontline workers, patients, and teams. This suggests a strong need for more diverse vocabularies and conceptions that reflect the “messiness” of leadership as it takes shape in relation to the challenges and uncertainties of COVID-19. There is a considerable opportunity to advance scholarship on leadership via further empirical studies that help to clarify different approaches to lead teams and organizations during a pandemic.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Frontiers Media SA
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers in Public Health
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3389/fpubh.2022.783337
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.title	Leadership During a Pandemic: A Lexical Analysis
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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dc.date.updated	2022-05-21T22:57:44Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	10

Abstract:

To manage pandemics, like COVID-19, leadership can enable health services to weather the storm. Yet there is limited clarity on how leadership manifested and was discussed in the literature during COVID-19. This can have considerable public health implications given the importance of leadership in the health sector. This article addresses this missed opportunity by examining the literature on leadership during a pandemic. Following a systematic search of nine academic databases in May 2021, 1,747 publications were screened. Following this, a lexical analysis of the results section was conducted, sourced from a corpus of publications across myriad journals. The results found a prevalence of references to “leader” as a sole actor, risking the perpetuation of a view that critical decisions emanate from a singular source. Moreover, “leadership” was a concept disconnected from the fray of frontline workers, patients, and teams. This suggests a strong need for more diverse vocabularies and conceptions that reflect the “messiness” of leadership as it takes shape in relation to the challenges and uncertainties of COVID-19. There is a considerable opportunity to advance scholarship on leadership via further empirical studies that help to clarify different approaches to lead teams and organizations during a pandemic.

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