File(s) under permanent embargo
Part 2: Nurses' career aspirations to management roles: qualitative findings from a national study of Canadian nurses
journal contribution
posted on 2013-03-01, 00:00 authored by C A Wong, H K S Laschinger, S MacDonald-Rencz, V Burkoski, G Cummings, D D'Amour, D Grinspun, M-E Gurnham, S Huckstep, Michael 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 GrauAIM: Our aim was to investigate direct-care nurses' interests in formal management roles and factors that facilitate their decision-making. BACKGROUND: Based on a projected shortage of nurses by 2022, the profession could be short of 4200 nurse managers in Canada within the next decade. However, no data are currently available that identify nurses' interests in assuming manager roles. METHODS: Using focus group methodology, we conducted 18 focus groups with 125 staff nurses and managers in four regions across Canada. RESULTS: Major themes and subthemes influencing nurses' decisions to pursue management roles included personal demographic (education, age, clinical experience and life circumstances), personal disposition (leadership skills, intrinsic rewards and professional commitment) and situation (leadership development opportunities, manager role perceptions and presence of mentors). Although nurses see management roles as positive opportunities, they did not perceive the rewards to be great enough to outweigh their concerns. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggested that organizations need to provide support, leadership development and succession opportunities and to redesign manager roles for optimum success. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Leaders need to ensure that they convey positive images of manager roles and actively identify and support staff nurses with leadership potential.
History
Journal
Journal of nursing managementVolume
21Issue
2Season
Special issue: patient safety management in the health servicesPagination
231 - 241Publisher
WileyLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
ISSN
0966-0429eISSN
1365-2834Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, BlackwellUsage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC