Construction of the Scales for Measuring Head Nurses' Leadership Behavior to their Nursing Staff

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  • Yoshida Mitio
    Center of Educational Research and Training, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University
  • Uchikawa Youko
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University
  • Narita Eiko
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University

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  • 病院における看護婦長のリーダーシップ行動測定尺度の構成

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The purpose of this study is to construct scales to measure leadership of headnurses to their nursing staff. <br>We put together questionnaire items based on information obtained from their staff about their behavior. <br>The main results were as follows: <br>1.　Factor analysis was made as to 124 items obtained from the staff in regard to their behavior. As a result, six factors were found, i. e., "aggressive education/guidance", "respect for staff", "understanding and consideration shown toward patients", aggressive management", "fulfillment of responsibility", and "consideration for interpersonal relations."<br>2.　A questionnaire comprising 19 items was prepared to measure nursing staff's satisfaction. The questionnaire was distributed to the nursing staff, requesting their responses. As a result of factor analysis, as in the case of their leadership behavior, three factors, i. e., "satisfaction with workplace", "satisfaction with fringe benefit and education" and "satisfaction with work" were found. <br>3.　To determine the validity of the scales to measure head nurses' leadership behavior, the relationship between their leadership behavior and nursing staff's satisfaction was analyzed, with the result that a strong relationship was found in all the factors about "satisfaction with workplace" and in five of the six factors about "satisfaction with fringe benefit and education," with the only exception of "consideration for interpersonal relations." With regard to "satisfaction with work," no significant relationship with any of the leadership factors was found. As for this third factor, it was probably attributable to the fact that by and large, the scores were high, and they were not easily influenced by the head nurses' behavior. <br>4.　Also, the relationship of leadership behavior to satisfaction was studied by means of regression analysis. As a result, it was made clear that it was possible to predict nursing staff's satisfaction adequately by head nurses' leadership behavior. <br>From the above analyses, the validity of the scales we put together in this study for use in measuring head nurses' leadership behavior toward their nursing staff was verified.

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