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Part 1: The influence of personal and situational predictors on nurses' aspirations to management roles: preliminary findings of a national survey of Canadian nurses

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posted on 2013-03-01, 00:00 authored by H K S Laschinger, C A Wong, S MacDonald-Rencz, V Burkoski, G Cummings, D D'Amour, D Grinspun, M-E Gurnham, S Huckstep, Michael LeiterMichael Leiter, K Perkin, M MacPhee, S Matthews, L O'Brien-Pallas, J Ritchie, M Ruffolo, L Vincent, P Wilk, J Almost, N Purdy, F Daniels, A Grau
AIM: To examine the influence of personal and situational factors on direct-care nurses' interests in pursuing nursing management roles. BACKGROUND: Nursing managers are ageing and nurses do not appear to be interested in nursing management roles, raising concerns about a nursing leadership shortage in the next decade. Little research has focused on factors influencing nurses' career aspirations to nursing management roles. METHODS: A national survey of nurses from nine Canadian provinces was conducted (n = 1241). Multiple regression was used to test a model of personal and situational predictors of nurses' career aspirations to management roles. RESULTS: Twenty-four per cent of nurses expressed interest in pursuing nursing management roles. Personal and situational factors explained 60.2% of nurses' aspirations to management roles. Age, educational preparation, feasibility of further education, leadership self-efficacy, career motivation, and opportunity to motivate others were the strongest predictors of aspirations for management roles. CONCLUSIONS: Personal factors were more strongly associated with career aspirations than situational factors. There is a steady decline in interest in management roles with increasing age. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Nursing leadership training to develop leadership self-efficacy (particularly for younger nurses) and organizational support for pursuing advanced education may encourage nurses to pursue nursing management roles.

History

Journal

Journal of nursing management

Volume

21

Issue

2

Season

Special issue: patient safety management in the health services

Pagination

217 - 230

Publisher

Wiley

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

0966-0429

eISSN

1365-2834

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2012, Blackwell