title: Exploration of a leadership competency model for medical school faculties in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt to rapid and turbulent changes in the field of medicine, education, and society, medical school faculties need appropriate leadership. To develop leadership competencies through education, coaching, and mentoring, we need a leadership competency model. The purpose of this study was to develop a new leadership competency model that is suitable for medical school faculties in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  To collect behavioral episodes with regard to leadership, we interviewed 54 subjects (faculties, residents, nurses) and surveyed 41 faculties with open-ended questionnaires. We classified the behavioral episodes based on Quinn and Cameron's leadership competency model and developed a Likert scale questionnaire to perform a confirmatory factor analysis. Two hundred seven medical school faculties responded to the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The competency clusters that were identified by factor analysis were professionalism, citizenship, leadership, and membership to an organization. Accordingly, each cluster was linked with a dimension: self, society, team (that he/she is leading), and organization (to which he/she belongs). The clusters of competencies were: professional ability, ethics/morality, self-management, self-development, and passion; public interest, networking, social participation, and active service; motivating, caring, promoting teamwork, nurturing, conflict management, directing, performance management, and systems thinking; organizational orientation, collaboration, voluntary participation, and cost-benefit orientation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This competency model that fits medical school faculties in Korea can be used to design and develop selection plans, education programs, feedback tools, diagnostic evaluation tools, and career plan support programs.
authors: ORP Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Yong Seok
authors: YS
authors: Lee
authors: ORP Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Dong Keun
authors: DK
authors: Oh
authors: Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Myungun
authors: M
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Yoon Seong
authors: YS
authors: Lee
authors: Division of Medical Education, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Jwa Seop
authors: JS
authors: Shin
keywords: Citizenship; Leadership skill; Membership; Professionalism