title: Leadership and emotions in health care organizations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this research is to describe the relationship between effective leadership and the leader's own ability to manage his/her emotional state.
  
  
  METHODS
  Discusses the connection between leadership and emotions. Differentiates between management and leadership.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Research findings and conclusions remain in dispute. Types of behavior have been found to be integral to leadership performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paper has proposed a model for defining and differentiating between leading and managing. Five factors were found to be important to the exercise of leadership.
authors.affiliation: College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. kentt@cofc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D014481:United States