THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE MARGINAL SITUATION, SELF-ESTEEM AND SCHOLARSHIP IN NURSE FACULTY.
Contributors: Widener University School Of Nursing.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.; Health Sciences, Education.; Psychology, Industrial.
Description: The purpose of this correlational, comparative study, using Dickie-Clark's (1966a) conceptualization of the marginal situation as the conceptual framework, was to investigate the relationships among self-esteem, the marginal situation, and scholarship in nurse faculty. The research questionnaire consisted of the Nurse Faculty Status in Academe Scale (NFSAS), the Faculty Scholarship Survey (FSS), Stake's Performance Self-Esteem Scale (PSES), and a demographic instrument. Six research questions were addressed. Significant relationships found between self-esteem and the marginal situation, scholarship, total years teaching, age and rank; the marginal situation and age, total years teaching and rank; and between scholarship and rank. Analysis revealed significant differences in the scholarly activities and marginal situation of individuals who hold doctoral degrees from those who hold master's degrees; in the scholarly activities of those who teach in doctoral granting institutions from those who teach in non-doctoral degree granting institutions; and in the scholarly activities and self-esteem of those who attended doctoral study on a full-time basis from those who attended on a part-time basis.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-08, Section: A, page: 3424.

Thesis (D.N.SC.)--WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING, 1996.

School code: 0969.