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This paper presents game theory as a normative model that front-line managers can use as a guide to effective leadership. Critical game elements — goals and outcomes, payoffs, rules, players—are examined; and strategies that have proven viable in a state hospital setting for realizing each are described.
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Byalin, K. Managing to win: Front-line leadership in public mental health settings. Adm Policy Ment Health 16, 191–199 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705908
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