Leadership theories in COVID-19 outbreak management
List of Authors
  • Samsudin Wahab , Sarah Adilah Mohd Subr , Siti Natasha Shukri

Keyword
  • Leadership Theories, COVID-19, Outbreak Management

Abstract
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the healthcare systems tremendously throughout the whole world. In managing the outbreak of COVID-19, the application of leadership theories is a pivotal element in order to shift back the system to normal. The role of leadership has proven to be significant in the previous outbreak diseases such as Ebola Virus, SARS, Cholera and endless list of international outbreaks. According to previous research on leadership theories, leadership theories help in outbreak management to continue the sustainability of organizations and achieved the desired outcome. In writing this article, scoping review method is used, articles were identified using four databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed and Science Direct through the keywords “leadership” and “outbreak management: COVID-19”. Although there are plenty of references on outbreak management, COVID-19 has taken its toll globally. Many countries are badly affected, some are still recovering. Through the leadership theories implemented by certain countries, they are able to overcome the major hurdles in surpassing the rising number of COVID-19 cases. In this article, two major theories are discussed, which are the Contingency Theory and Transformational Theory.

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