Manager Leadership and Retention of Hospital Staff Nurses

This study used causal modeling to trace the effects of manager leadership characteristics on staff registered nurse (RN) retention in 4 urban hospitals. Unique to the study were the all-RN sample, using Leavitt's (1958) model of behavior within an organization to group variables, manager chara...

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Veröffentlicht in:Western journal of nursing research 1997-04, Vol.19 (2), p.205-226
Hauptverfasser: Taunton, Roma Lee, Boyle, Diane K., Woods, Cynthia Q., Hansen, Helen E., Bott, Marjorie J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study used causal modeling to trace the effects of manager leadership characteristics on staff registered nurse (RN) retention in 4 urban hospitals. Unique to the study were the all-RN sample, using Leavitt's (1958) model of behavior within an organization to group variables, manager characteristics and unit structure variables as predictors, and focus on the work unit rather than the hospital. Effects of manager characteristics were traced to retention through work characteristics, job stress, job satisfaction, commitment, and intent to stay. Theoretical variables explained 22% of the retention variance. Managerconsideration of staffand RN intent to remain directly affected retention; other variable effects passed through intent to stay. Different predictors were important to retention, unit separation, and turnover.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456
DOI:10.1177/019394599701900206