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Nursing Management. 20, 2, 20-23. doi: 10.7748/nm2013.05.20.2.20.e677
Correspondence Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interestNone declared
Accepted: 01 February 2013
Keywords :
Followership - leadership - performance - teams - risk - safety - quality
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