DIMENSIONS OF LEADERSHIP OF ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE DEANS IN COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF NURSING.
Contributors: University of South Carolina.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Education, Administration.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Higher.
Description: The purpose of this study was to discover if there were differences in deans', assistant/associate deans' and faculties' perceptions of leadership styles, initiating structure and consideration, and position power in assistant/associate deans in selected collegiate schools of nursing. It was also designed to examine the effect leadership styles had on the perceptions of the three groups related to position power of assistant/associate deans. Collegiate schools of nursings, identified as having a hierarchal organization structure with persons identified by the title 'assistant/associate dean', were invited to participate. Data were collected from 36 collegiate nursing schools. The tools used were a selected demographic data form, the Ohio State Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ$\sb1□2)□$, and The Fiedler Position Power Scale, The multivariate analysis of variance, utilized to test the three hypotheses, showed a significant difference between the three groups' perceptions of initiating structure, consideration and position power. The use of initiating structure leadership style by assistant/associate deans was perceived to be highest by the deans (m = 39.9), and faculties perceived that style to be lowest (m = 36.7), (p =.002). Consideration leadership style was perceived to be the highest by the assistant/associate deans (m = 40) and faculties perceived consideration style lowest (m = 35.6), (p =.0015). Deans perceived the assistant/associate deans' position power to be the highest (m = 8.5), while the faculties perceived the assistant/associate deans' position power to be the lowest (m = 7.1), (p =.0295). Assistant/Associate deans rated their position power lower than the deans but higher than the faculties (m = 7.3). A main effect for initiating structure was found in the deans' perceptions of position power. A main effect for consideration was found in the perception of the faculties.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: A, page: 2485.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1988.

School code: 0202.