An exploration of leadership in a medical mutual help organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11054291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tracey A Revenson (0000-0003-3659-2725, The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author), J Brian Cassel (0009-0005-3492-2585, The Graduate Center, CUNY) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 683-698 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf00938039 |
| PMID | 1763784 |
| OpenAlex | W2007366867 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
Studied 45 current leaders of local chapters of a medical mutual help organization. Cluster analysis of variables depicting routes to leadership produced six clusters: Health Professionals with a Mission, Connected Health Professionals, Career Leaders, Grass-roots Founders, Connected Grass-roots Leaders, and Obligated Veterans. These clusters differed on criterion measures of burnout, hardiness, and perceived obligation to continue as a leader, e.g., Connected Health Professionals and Career Leaders were less burned out, more hardy, and perceived less of an obligation to continue in the leadership role than Health Professionals with a Mission. In terms of leadership activities, Help Provision and Advocacy constituted less than one fifth of all activities but were rated as most rewarding. In contrast, the activities that made up the bulk of leaders' work--building membership, system maintenance, and organizational growth--were not rated as particularly rewarding. Results are discussed in the context of research directions and practice
Library science · Media studies · Personality · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology
Social Psychology of Health and Illness (Environment and Health)
The impact of interpersonal environment on burnout and organizational commitment
Social support, organizational characteristics, psychological well‐being, and group appraisal in three self‐help group populations
Factors affecting the birth and death of mutual‐help groups
An assessment of the needs of mutual‐help groups
An organizational typology for self‐help groups
Self‐help groups
An analysis of mutual assistance
Does Self‐Help Help
Coping with job stress and burnout in the human services
Conceptualizations of human environments
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2015 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |