title: Leadership for motivation in health care.
abstract: For primary health care to achieve its potential the providers have to be strongly motivated. Supportive leadership can play a significant part in bringing this about. A study in Finnish health centres showed that leadership functions, such as the encouragement of doctors and nurses, were particularly important in helping staff to feel that they were doing worthwhile jobs.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sihvonen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kekki
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005387:Finland; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy