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Sandra G. Leggat

Researcher at La Trobe University

Publications -  137
Citations -  3495

Sandra G. Leggat is an academic researcher from La Trobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population health. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 132 publications receiving 3025 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandra G. Leggat include University of Toronto & Harbin Medical University.

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Emotional rescue: the role of emotional intelligence and emotional labour on well-being and job-stress among community nurses

TL;DR: Results from structural equation modelling support the hypothesis that both emotional labour and emotional intelligence have significant effects on nurses' well-being and perceived job-stress and provide additional evidence for the important effects that emotional labourand emotional intelligence can have on well- Being and job- stress among community nurses.
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Effective healthcare teams require effective team members: defining teamwork competencies.

TL;DR: Critical teamwork competencies for health service managers are identified, adding to the growing evidence that the focus on individual skill development and individual accountability and achievement that results from existing models of health professional training, is not consistent with the competencies required for effective teamwork.
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Do perceived high performance work systems influence the relationship between emotional labour, burnout and intention to leave? A study of Australian nurses

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the relationship between perceived high performance work systems, emotional labour, burnout and intention to leave among nurses in Australia and found that perceived high-performance work systems negatively moderate the relationship of emotional labour and burnout.
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Singing the same song: translating HRM messages across management hierarchies in Australian hospitals

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the findings of case study research exploring the strength of the HR system in three Australian public hospitals from the perspective of senior, middle and line managers, and HR practitioners.
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A conceptual framework for the analysis of health care organizations' performance.

TL;DR: Parsons' social system action theory is used to develop a comprehensive theoretically grounded framework by which to overcome the current fragmented approach to HCO performance management.