Abstract

Healthcare is facing many challenges which impact all practice settings. Both nurse managers and staff nurses play critical roles in overcoming the challenges faced in healthcare today. Staff nurses are intimately involved in providing care to their patients but not always involved in the decisions impacting care delivery (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 2010; Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2010). Evidence has shown when staff nurses are not engaged and empowered in their work they are more likely to become dissatisfied in their job resulting in increased turnover and adverse patient outcomes (Hauck, Griffin & Fitzpatrick, 2011; Jenaro, Flores, Orgaz & Cruz, 2010). One common reason cited for a lack of staff nurse work engagement and structural empowerment is a lack of support from nurse managers (Bamford, Wong & Laschinger, 2012; Ismail, Abidin & Tudin, 2009). Not all nurse manager leadership styles result in increased work engagement and structural empowerment in staff nurses (Cowden & Cummings, 2012). Understanding the influence of nurse manager leadership style on staff nurses was identified as a gap in the current literature which needed further investigation.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3716655; ProQuest document ID: 1711860384. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Jennifer Moody Manning, DNS, ACNS-BC

Sigma Membership

Epsilon Nu at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse Managers, Leadership Style, Transformational Leadership, Passive-Avoidant Leadership, Intent to Stay

Advisor

Denise Danna

Second Advisor

Deborah Garbee

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Degree Year

2014

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-10-18

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