STUDY OF THE USE OF THE BRADFORD AND COHEN MANAGER AS DEVELOPER MODEL TO ASSESS SELECTED STAFF NURSES' LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
Contributors: Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study examined the use of the Bradford and Cohen Manager as Developer Model to determine the degree of improvement in the assessments of a selected group of staff nurses' leadership skills. It consisted of: the administration of Leadership Style Questionnaires to the nurse middle managers and the staff nurses to assess the staff nurses leadership skills, workshops on the concepts of the Model with the staff nurses' middle managers, and the re-administration of the Questionnaire to the nurse middle managers and the staff nurses.

The research questions were: Would the scores of the staff nurses' self assessment on leadership improve after their nurse middle manager participated in the workshops? and Would the scores of the middle managers' assessment of their staff nurses' leadership improve after the nurse middle managers participated in the workshops Model?.

There are seven concepts of this model: External Influence, Subordinate Development, Subordinate Autonomy, Two-Way Communication, Overarching Goals, Team Development, and Group Decision Making.

The sample for this study (n = 170) consisted of staff nurses employed by four selected hospitals in Massachusetts.

The statistical tests used were: analysis of variance, t-tests for paired samples, Cronbach's coefficient alpha, and cross tabulations using the chi square statistic.

The nurse managers' assessment scores of the staff nurses' on leadership increased significantly in six of the concepts of the model. The scores of the staff nurses' self assessments on leadership increased, but not significantly in six of the concepts. Interestingly, the scores on the staff nurses' self assessments were high to begin with.

The results support the development and use of staff nurses' leadership skills.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-04, Section: B, page: 1487.

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

School code: 0160.