Authentic Leadership Questionnaire applied to Brazilian nurses: evidence of validity.

Objective: to establish the psychometric properties of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) applied to Brazilian nurses.

Method: cross-sectional observational study with a non-probabilistic sample. The psychometric properties of the RATER and SELF versions of the ALQ were calculated using confirmatory factor analysis with the WLSMV robust estimation method.

Organizational culture, authentic leadership and quality improvement in Canadian healthcare facilities.

Objective: To investigate relationships among flexible and hierarchical organizational cultures, quality improvement domains, and authentic leadership competencies in Canadian healthcare facilities.

Method: Observational cross-sectional study conducted in Alberta, Canada. Nurse managers (n=226) completed a survey including validated measures of organizational culture, quality improvement and authentic leadership.

Positive aspects of authentic leadership in nursing work: integrative review.

Objective: To identify and analyze the existing scientific production on the positive aspects of authentic leadership in the nurse's work process.

Method: This is an integrative literature review. The databases used were Scientific Electronic Library Online; Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences; and National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health.

Critical incidents connected to nurses' leadership in Intensive Care Units.

Objective:: The goal of this study is to analyze nurses' leadership in intensive care units at hospitals in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in the face of positive and negative critical incidents.

Method:: Exploratory, descriptive study, conducted with 24 nurses by using the Critical Incident Technique as a methodological benchmark.

Results:: Results were grouped into 61 critical incidents distributed into categories.

Implementation of a participatory management model: analysis from a political perspective.

Aim: To analyse experiences of managers and nursing staff in the implementation of participatory management, specifically processes of decision-making, communication and power in a Canadian hospital.

Background: Implementing a Participatory Management Model involves change because it is focused on the needs of patients and encourages decentralisation of power and shared decisions.

Methods: The study design is qualitative using observational sessions and content analysis for data analysis.