LEADERSHIP STYLES OF NURSE MANAGERS AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE MOTIVATION LEVEL OF NURSING STAFF.
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Education, Administration.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Industrial.
Description: This study examined the relationship between the perception of nurse manager leadership style and the level of motivation among nursing staff in an acute care hospital setting. Leadership dimensions of consideration and structure were distinct. Variables of age, gender, years of nursing experience and years of nursing education were also examined. Subjects were composed of 96 full time registered staff nurses randomly sampled from an acute care hospital in central Texas. Two research instruments were utilized, the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Anonymity of response was preserved for the individual respondents. The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to comment on possible correlations between levels of motivation among nursing staff and patient satisfaction. A demographic information sheet was distributed to all nurse leaders in order to collect variables necessary for the study.

Measures of Central Tendency, Bar Graphs, and Skatter Plots determined a linear models procedure for the data. Regression analysis explained significant portions of variance. Among the findings and conclusions were the following: (1) General job motivation scores ranged from low satisfaction (25th percentile) to high satisfaction (75th percentile). (2) Intrinsic levels of motivation were significantly correlated to leadership styles high in consideration (p = 0.0010, R = 0.365215), and structure (p = 0.0114, R = 0.365215). (3) Consideration on behalf of the nurse leader also significantly correlated to high levels of extrinsic motivation among nursing staff (p = 0.0001, R = 0.426225). (4) Gender and age of the nurse leader showed to have no impact on the level of motivation among nursing staff (p = 0.6171). (5) Years of nursing experience of the nurse leader proved to impact the intrinsic level of motivation among nursing staff (p = 0.0324, R = 0.341919), as did years of formal nursing education (p = 0.0313, R = 0.341919). (6) The level of motivation among nursing staff did not seem to have an effect on the satisfaction among patients.

This study has implications for adult human resource development and leadership. It also contributes to nursing leadership curriculum development.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-09, Section: A, page: 3074.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1992.

School code: 0227.
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