Supervisor-nurse relationships, training, empowerment and patient role ambiguity for nurses: Australia and England

Yvonne Brunetto; Rodney Farr-Wharton; K Shacklock

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Supervisor-nurse relationships, training, empowerment and patient role ambiguity for nurses: Australia and England

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Supervisor-nurse relationships, training, empowerment and patient role ambiguity for nurses: Australia and England

Yvonne Brunetto, Rodney Farr-Wharton and K Shacklock

Proceedings of the 25th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, pp.1-65

Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, 25th (Wellington, New Zealand, 07-Dec-2011–09-Dec-2011)

Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)

2011

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Abstract

Business and Management

leader-member exchange (LMX)

nurses

training

empowerment-self determination

impact

role ambiguity

This paper uses a Leader-Member Exchange theoretical framework to first, examine the impact of the supervisor-subordinate relationship upon nurses' satisfaction with training and perceptions of empowerment (as measured by self-determination, impact, competence and meaning), and then upon their role ambiguity in relation to patients. Second, we compared nurses' experiences in Australia and in England. Using surveys, data were collected during 2008 and 2010 from 1335 hospital nurses (900 in Australia and 435 in England). Using path analysis, the findings identify that satisfaction with supervisor-nurse relationships and training, plus perceptions of empowerment, explain approximately a fifth of nurses' patient role ambiguity.

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Title: Supervisor-nurse relationships, training, empowerment and patient role ambiguity for nurses: Australia and England
Authors: Yvonne Brunetto (Author) - Southern Cross University
Rodney Farr-Wharton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Business
K Shacklock (Author) - Griffith University
Contributors: K Voges (Editor)
R Cavanagh (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 25th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, pp.1-65
Conference details: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, 25th (Wellington, New Zealand, 07-Dec-2011–09-Dec-2011)
Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Date published: 2011
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449793702621
Output Type: Conference paper

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