VALUE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRACTICING NURSE EXECUTIVES AND GRADUATE EDUCATORS TEACHING ASPIRING NURSE EXECUTIVES.
Contributors: University of Houston.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study examined the socializing agents of the nurse executive subculture by determining the values of the subcultures of practicing nurse executives and of graduate educators teaching aspiring nurse executives. Independent variables in addition to subculture membership included reference groups, age, sex, original level of nursing education, and highest degree obtained. The dependent variable, values, was measured using the eleven constructs of the Ohio Work Values Inventory (OWVI).

The research sample consisted of two groups. The first group was composed of currently practicing Texas nurse executives in positions with first or second line responsibility for nursing services in their institutions. The second group consisted of educators teaching in the eight graduate nursing administration programs in Texas. The final sample consisted of 45 educators and 79 nurse executives, representing an overall response rate of 53.7%.

The demographic data were analyzed for descriptive characteristics of each sample group. The demographic data and the data from the eleven constructs of the OWVI were subjected to a multivariate analysis of variance. Results indicated that there was a significant difference in the values of practicing nurse executives and of graduate educators teaching aspiring nurse executives (Hotelling's T$\sp2$ =.458; df = 11; F = 4.67; p $<$.0001). Results of the post hoc analysis indicated that the executive subculture valued Control to a greater degree than did the educator subculture; and the educator subculture placed a higher value on Solitude.

Value conflict, role stress and strain, and burnout have all been shown to result from situations in which the student is socialized to values which are different from the values identified by the culture or group which the student aspires to join. The significant difference in values found in this research identifies a potential problem which requires further investigation.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-04, Section: A, page: 0747.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, 1987.

School code: 0087.