Crisis leadership: An evolutionary concept analysis

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to define crisis leadership in the nursing context.

Background: Leadership during critical situations is perhaps the most crucial element for crisis resolution.

Methods: Rodgers' evolutionary approach was used to conduct a concept analysis on crisis leadership and find its critical attributes, antecedents, and consequences. The researchers examined articles published in English and Korean from six databases. Articles from 2000 to 2016-with the key terms of crisis leadership, crisis management, crisis intervention, crisis, and disaster-were considered for analysis. Eleven studies were included in the final review.

Results: The core attributes of crisis leadership from a nursing perspective consisted of six attributes: clear, fast, frank communication; a high degree of collaboration; sharing of information; decision-making and fair prioritization; building trust; competency.

Conclusions: Based on this review, crisis leadership should be revised to focus on competency, nursing interventions, measurement tools, and training protocol development.

Keywords: Concept formation; Crisis resolution; Crisis situation; Leadership; Nursing.