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Leadership, thought diversity, and the influence of groupthink

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posted on 2023-05-21, 19:21 authored by Cleary, M, David LeesDavid Lees, Sayers, J
Effective decision-making underpins mental health nurses’ capacity for providing person-centred, evidenced-based care. Whilst team environments have the potential to support effective decision-making, poor decision-making can occur when busy individuals, eager to please others, enable group consensus to pervade at the expense of thoughtful debate, reflection and negotiation. The promulgation of such ‘groupthink’ may negatively impact care. In this column, the concept of groupthink is explored and its impacts considered. Strategies for tackling groupthink are proposed in order to support effective leadership, thought diversity and the achievement of organisational and team goals.

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Publication title

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volume

40

Issue

8

Pagination

731-733

ISSN

0161-2840

Department/School

School of Nursing

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Inc.

Place of publication

United States

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Nursing

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