Identifying the Role of Shared Leadership Competencies in Crisis Management (Case Study: Farabi Hospital)

The support and participation of the managers of an organization is necessary to implement an effective crisis management. The preparation of the situation is done by clarifying the aims and objectives of the crisis management plan based on the philosophy and values of the organization, which is more evident in health centers. The purpose of this study was to identify the role of shared leadership competencies in crisis management (Case study: Farabi Hospital).

This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey method. The statistical population of the present study includes all managers, deputies and staff of Farabi Hospital, whose number is 820, so the required sample size was determined 262 people based on Cochran's formula. A questionnaire was used to examine the research variables. The reliability of the questionnaires was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by a group of university professors and their construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The research hypotheses were tested by structural equation modeling.

Characteristics and skills are directly (coefficient 0.48) and indirectly involved in crisis management through task-oriented leadership (coefficient 0.80), people-oriented leadership (coefficient 0.26) and organizational leadership (coefficient 0.14). It was also found that task-oriented leadership, people-oriented leadership and organizational leadership with direct coefficients of 0.89, 0.33 and 0.79, respectively, are directly involved in crisis management.

Based on the research findings, characteristics and skills can play a role in crisis management of Farabi Hospital.