AN ANALYSIS OF ASSESSMENTS OF NURSE MIDDLE MANAGERS IN PATIENT CARE SETTINGS BEFORE AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANAGER AS DEVELOPER MODEL.
Contributors: Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to measure nurse managers' self perceptions and their staff nurses' perceptions of how well nurse managers in patient care settings fit the Manager as Developer Model before, and after training in the use of the Model. A subpurpose of the study was to determine the degree of congruence between the leadership style the staff nurses observed and what they expected from the managers on the seven concepts of the Model: External Influence, Subordinate Autonomy, Subordinate Development, Team Development, Two-Way Communication, Overarching Goals and Group Decision Making.

Forty-one nurse managers from four hospitals participated in a pre test, five workshops on the model and a post test.

Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha and Seltzer (1986) supported the reliability of the instruments for this research. The data were analyzed using paired and unpaired t-tests, Pearson Correlations and content analysis.

The findings of the study indicated that the staff nurses' perceptions of their managers' leadership style from pre test to post test showed statistically significant gains on five concepts: Subordinate Development, Team-Development, Two-Way Communication, Overarching Goals and Group Decision Making, Nonsignificant gains were made in Subordinate Autonomy and External Influence. The pre and post test expectations of the staff nurses remained stable. Correlations between observations and expectations were strong and significant on both pre and post test. They were particularly strong on the post test. The content analysis from the staff nurses both informed and enhanced these findings.

Pre and post test self assessments by the managers decreased from pre to post test. Only the concept of subordinate development significantly decreased.

Results support the use of the Manager as Developer Model with nurse middle managers as a means of improving their leadership style.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: B, page: 2368.

Thesis (ED.D.)--NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, 1986.

School code: 0160.