Nurse leaders' perceptions of what compromises successful leadership in today's acute inpatient environment.

Nurs Adm Q

School of Nursing, Graduate Program of Nursing Administration, University of California-Los Angeles, 3-264 Faltor Building, Box 956917, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6917, USA.

Published: June 2003

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  • The study explored nurse leaders' views on their roles and how power and gender affect their perceived worth in the healthcare setting.
  • It was based on Kanter's theory, showing that 83% of nurse leaders felt having power, opportunities, and resources leads to a positive work environment that boosts leadership effectiveness and job satisfaction.
  • The findings highlight important leadership qualities that enhance nursing satisfaction and address the current challenges of nursing shortages and financial constraints in healthcare.

Article Abstract

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of nurse leaders' perceptions of both the value of their roles in today's health care setting and their beliefs about how power and gender interface with role worth. Support for the theoretical significance of this research stemmed from Kanter's Structural Theory of Organizational Behavior. Four leaders were recruited at the executive level and 12 at the director/managerial level. The results of the deductive analysis supported Kanter's theory. Eighty-three percent of the nurse leaders validated that access to power, opportunity, information, and resources created an empowered environment, producing a climate that fostered leadership success and enhanced levels of job satisfaction among nurses. This study provided groundwork on the kinds of leadership traits that foster nursing satisfaction and on whether or not gender influences leadership effectiveness. The findings of this study are both timely and relevant for nurse leaders faced with the effects of the current supply-and-demand nursing shortage and with fiscal restraints mandated by managed care and regulatory agencies.

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