PARTICIPATIVE BEHAVIORS OF HOSPITAL DIRECTORS OF NURSING IN ADMINISTRATION (MULTIVARIATE, EXPLORATORY, CONFIRMATORY).
Contributors: University of Mississippi.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Health Care Management.
Description: The purpose of this investigation is to describe, analyze and predict the perceived role of the director of nursing in relation to structural and interactive variables in the hospital setting.

The data were collected by mail questionnaire from 257 (68%) of the 376 directors in hospitals with 400 or fewer beds in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Washington. These states were selected because of their differences in ownership and presence of collective bargaining.

Descriptive analyses included frequencies, means, standard deviations, and correlations on items by groups and the total. Multivariate analysis methods, including factor analysis, were used to explore the components in the setting, including director position, nursing organization, hospital environment, communications environment and hospital change, as well as the dependent variable, director's perceived role. A hypothesized model is compared to the results of a stepwise regression. The stated hypothesis of the investigation is not rejected; however, the hypothesized model is reconceptualized as a dynamic model reflecting Etzioni's Societal Guidance Theory.

The findings are descripitive and predictive in relation to the role perception of the director of nursing. The value of the investigation is in the use of the findings to promote individualized effective participative management in administration by directors of nursing.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-08, Section: B, page: 2496.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, 1984.

School code: 0131.