Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7857
Title: Nurse managers don't get the corner office
Contributor(s): Paliadelis, Penelope S  (author)
Publication Date: 2010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7857
Abstract: Purpose: First-line nurse managers occupy an unenviable position in many healthcare services worldwide, in that they are responsible for the clinical and administrative operations of a ward or unit. As such, their role is complex and multifaceted requiring an intertwining of clinical and managerial duties. This study aimed to explore the working world of first-line nurse managers and focused on their role within the organisational and professional culture of the workplace from a gender and organizational power perspective. Methodology: This qualitative feminist study explored the experiences of nurse managers. Data was collected using observation and individual semi-structured interviews with twenty nurse managers employed in the public hospital system, within a regional area of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Findings: The findings indicated that the participants experienced a lack of access to organizational power, mediated by organisational assumptions about nurses' power and status. Conclusions and implications: The findings will be discussed with reference to the support needs of this group, the workplace geography and resourcing issues raised in this study. Finally, suggestions are made that have the potential to enhance and empower the role of the nurse manager and inform organisational decisions about how best to attract and retain nurses in management roles. Originality/value: When the participants' workspaces were considered from an organizational power perspective, they provide a unique insight into the symbols that reflected a lack of organisational power and status for nurse managers.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: OBHC 2010: 7th Biennial Conference in Organisational Behaviour in Health Care - Mind the Gap: Policy and practice in the reform of health care, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 11th - 14th April, 2010
Source of Publication: Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference in Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC)
Publisher: University of Birmingham
Place of Publication: Online
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111709 Health Care Administration
111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920208 Health Policy Evaluation
920210 Nursing
HERDC Category Description: E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.hsmc.bham.ac.uk/events/Conference/2010-obhc-conference.shtml
http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/hsmc/penny-paliadelis.pdf
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