Sakarya Üniversitesi İşletme Enstitüsü Dergisi

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The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between postgraduate (master's and doctoral) theses published in the YÖK National Thesis Center between 1996-2020 on the theories of leadership in health, publication year, institute distribution, university distribution, leadership theories and which variables. However, another sub-purpose of the study is to reveal the different variables on similar topics among the published theses and reach a conclusion in this direction. The fact that the topic of leadership in health is more popular especially in recent years constitutes the importance of the research. In addition, criticizing the deficiencies of the theses will also shed scientific light on the people who will do research in the future. The examination of postgraduate theses on leadership theories in health is another important aspect of the study in terms of contributing to the literature, since there is no study similar to this research in the relevant literature. The data of this study, which is a descriptive research in the scanning model, consists of postgraduate theses (master's and doctorate) published on leadership theories in health between 1996-2020 in the database of YÖK National Thesis Center. The data obtained in the study were obtained from the postgraduate theses available on the YÖK National Thesis Center website between January and May 2020. Study data are limited to the keywords used. Keywords "health", "leadership", "theory", "hospital", "nurse" and "physician" were used in the selection of the theses related to the subject. The data obtained were arranged in an Excel (2020) package program with the title of the author, year, thesis title, program, field, university, institute, department, summary and access titles for content analysis. After collecting similar data in certain categories with content analysis, frequency distributions were examined and interpreted in terms of health management. The research universe consists of a total of 2066 graduate (master's and doctoral) theses published on leadership theories in health between 1996-2020 at the YÖK National Thesis Center. The sample of the study, on the other hand, consists of 113 graduate theses on leadership theories in health after limiting it to the keywords "health", "leadership", "theory", "hospital", "nurse" and "physician". . It is seen that the examined graduate studies were conducted in 2019 at the most (17). This is followed by 14 studies in 2017, 13 in 2014, 11 studies in 2016 and 2018. It is seen that the years with the least amount of work were between 1996-2008. Transformational leadership (28) type has been the most studied type of leadership. This was followed by strategic leadership (6), transactional leadership (5), servant leadership (5), and autocratic leadership (5). Leadership types with the least amount of work are managerial (1), instrumental (1), effective (1), strong (1), educator-oriented (1) and spiritual leadership (1). When the studies were examined, it was seen that the relationship between leadership types and job satisfaction, job satisfaction, motivation, employee performance, corporate culture, demographic characteristics, empowerment, conflict management and organizational commitment were measured. As a result, it is seen that the topic of leadership in health has become more popular especially in recent years. Of the study; It is thought that the importance of the concept of leader and leadership, the importance of the need for leaders of the health service sector and the level of competence of the thesis studies subject to the research, as well as the theses made will enlighten the people who will conduct research in the future. The examination of postgraduate theses on the theories of leadership in health and the fact that there is no study similar to this research in the relevant literature is important in terms of contributing to the literature.