title: Leadership, nurses and the 1980s.
abstract: The author examines some of the reasons for the leadership problems in nursing by focusing on the question of 'why leaders are not leading'. Drawing on James MacGregor Burns' general theory of political leadership, the article examines issues of motives, resources, followers and the structure of nursing today.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009729:Nursing; D011057:Politics; D011361:Professional Competence