This study showed that the staff has a positive view of their
work and that the new leadership model, shared leadership
was able to function at the investigated ICU. Some differences
according to the education of the professional were
observed, i.e. registered nurses were more positive about
their work than assistant nurses. One implication is that
nurse managers have to be conscious of different health
professionals in the unit and it is important to offer a good
working environment for all staff. However, more research
is needed within the area of shared leadership. A future
research project could be to add a qualitative research question
about how work and shared leadership affects different
health professionals in the day to day practice to improve
health care, both at the managerial as well as the team
level.