THE EFFECTS OF COLLEGIALITY AND COLLEGIAL NETWORKS ON THE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF ACADEMIC NURSES.
Contributors: University of California, Los Angeles.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Education.
Description: This study investigated the extent to which collegiality influences the research productivity of doctorally-prepared academic nurses. It also sought to determine the influence of collegial network characteristics on the research productivity of these academic nurses. The study used a correlational survey research design. Correlates of research productivity as shown in the literature were included as antecedent or control variables. The independent variables consisted of collegiality, collegial network size, frequency of contact with colleagues, location of colleagues, and field of colleagues. Research productivity was measured by research grants acquisition, research publications, and research presentations attained within the last two years. Each dimension of research productivity was analyzed separately using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The sample consisted of 512 academic nurses with full-time appointments at 45 higher education institutions nationwide that offer doctoral programs in nursing at which the respondents had served for at least three years. The results revealed that collegiality and collegial networks enhance research productivity. Productive academic nurses provide collegiality and engage in collaborative endeavors that enhance their research productivity. They frequently contact colleagues in other disciplines and departments other than nursing. Top producers of research utilize a large collegial network size. Assuming a research position prior to occupying an academic position, and appointment at academic institutions where research and scholarship are valued and practiced also enhance research productivity. Finally, academic nurses with full-time appointments in institutions that offer doctoral programs in nursing are more productive when they spend more time on research-related work and less time on committee work, and meetings.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-07, Section: B, page: 3553.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 1993.

School code: 0031.