NEW GRADUATES' ROLE STRESS AND JOB SATISFACTION: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THEIR APPRAISAL OF THE DIRECTORS' OF NURSING AND IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS' MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PREDICTOR VARIABLES.
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to (1) describe the management approach of the directors of nursing and the immediate supervisors of new baccalaureate graduates in Texas hospitals with 200 beds or less according to the appraisal of new graduates and (2) identify and explore the relationships between the management style of directors of nursing/ the immediate supervisors of new graduates as appraised by the new graduates and each of the following variables: role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction in the new graduates. A review of the literature reveals the identification of a variety of management styles and the association of the following variables: management style, role stress (role conflict and role ambiguity) and job satisfaction. The following research questions were investigated: (1) according to the appraisal of new graduates, what is the management approach of directors of nursing and immediate supervisors of new graduates in Texas hospitals with 200 beds or less; (2) what is the relationship between role stress (role conflict and role ambiguity) and the degree of job satisfaction in the new graduate; (3) what is the relationship between the management style of the directors of nursing/immediate supervisors as appraised by the new graduates and each of the following variables: role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction in the new graduate. Increase in role ambiguity with respect to the directors of nursing/ immediate supervisors is associated with increased job satisfaction in new graduates. As the bureaucratic orientation to management in the directors of nursing/ immediate supervisors increased, new graduates report increased role conflict and decreased role ambiguity and job satisfaction.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: B, page: 0387.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1986.

School code: 0227.