J Nurs Educ
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The purpose of this study was to discover whether there were differences in the perceptions of deans, assistant/associate deans, and faculty of leadership styles, initiating structure and consideration, and position power of assistant/associate deans in selected collegiate schools of nursing. In addition, the effect of leadership styles on performance as perceived by the three groups related to the position power of assistant/associate deans was also examined. Collegiate schools of nursing, identified as having a hierarchal organization structure with persons identified by the title "assistant/associate dean," were invited to participate. ⋯ A multi-variate analysis of testing the three hypotheses showed a significant difference between the three groups' perceptions of initiating structure, consideration, and position power. A main effect for initiating structure was found in the deans' perceptions of position power. A main effect for consideration was found in the perception of the faculty sampled.
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Seventy-nine percent of academic middle managers for baccalaureate nursing reported that they did not plan to continue in their current management positions, or advance in academic leadership positions (George, 1981). This study examined the relationships between the job characteristics, a mediating variable "growth need strength", and the general job satisfaction and work motivation of academic middle managers for baccalaureate nursing. The sample was drawn from the population of academic middle managers for baccalaureate nursing in 126 colleges and universities across the United States that offer both baccalaureate and higher nursing degree programs. ⋯ The job characteristic autonomy was significant in predicting "general job satisfaction." General job satisfaction also proved to be some combination of security satisfaction and growth need satisfaction. both independent variables "autonomy" and "feedback from the job itself" were significant in predicting growth need satisfaction. As a mediating variable, "growth need strength" was not significant in predicting general job satisfaction in a linear model, nor was it significant when entered as an interactive term. However, the multiplicative model did increase, by four percent above the linear model, the amount of variance predictable in general job satisfaction.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationships among administrative leadership behaviors, organizational characteristics, and faculty job satisfaction in baccalaureate nursing programs of private colleges. A two-part survey technique included 1) the collection of organizational data from the dean/chair of each nursing program, and 2) the rating of leadership behavior of the dean/chair and faculty job satisfaction by nurse faculty. ⋯ The number of nurse faculty and the number of students in the college were identified as variables moderating the relationship between leadership behavior and job satisfaction. The emergence of a unique pattern of high consideration and high initiating structure leadership behaviors provides a basis for reexamining alternatives to promote the overall job satisfaction of nurse faculty.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between sources of conflict with nursing faculty and deans' conflict-handling styles. A three-part questionnaire was sent to 257 deans of baccalaureate nursing programs. ⋯ Deans perceived no change in conflict-handling styles in relation to conflict source or perceived effect. In addition, significant relationships were found among conflict-handling modes, conflict sources, and demographic data.
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Gaming can be an effective teaching strategy for reinforcing and motivating students to learn. Development of the game discussed in this article is not intended to replace classroom instruction. ⋯ It provides students and educators an opportunity to interact in an informal atmosphere and provides enjoyment, while at the same time may promote learning. Therefore, educators should consider further development of games for use with students in nursing education.