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Leadership Within Occupational Therapy : A Mixed Methods Study, Scott Truskowski
Leadership Within Occupational Therapy : A Mixed Methods Study, Scott Truskowski
Occupational Therapy Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
PURPOSE: This sequential embedded mixed methods study first identified the ways in which occupational therapy leaders experience leadership, then explored the ways in which those same leaders utilized their professional training as occupational therapists within their practice of leadership. METHODS: The twelve participants held formal leadership positions in either academia, clinical practice, or professional associations. The ecology of human performance model of practice was utilized to frame the research study. Data was collected through an initial interview with all 12 participants and through leadership artifacts and a second interview with six participants. RESULTS: Three themes resulted from thematic analysis of …