Part 1: The influence of personal and situational predictors on nurses' aspirations to management roles: preliminary findings of a national survey of Canadian nurses. (25th October 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spence Laschinger, Heather K.; Wong, Carol A.; Macdonald‐Rencz, Sandra; Burkoski, Vanessa; Cummings, Greta; D'amour, Danielle; Grinspun, Doris; Gurnham, Mary‐Ellen; Huckstep, Sherri; Leiter, Michael; Perkin, Karen; Macphee, Maura; Matthews, Sue; O'brien‐Pallas, Linda; Ritchie, Judith; Ruffolo, Maurio; Vincent, Leslie; Wilk, Piotr; Almost, Joan; Purdy, Nancy; Daniels, Frieda; Grau, Ashley
• Is Part Of: Journal of nursing management. Volume 21:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 217
• Page End: 230
• Publication Date: 2012-10-25
• Subjects: Nursing services -- Administration -- Periodicals; Nursing services -- Business management -- Periodicals; 610.73068
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01452.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-0429

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jonm1452-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>To examine the influence of personal and situational factors on direct‐care nurses' interests in pursuing nursing management roles.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>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.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>A national survey of nurses from nine Canadian provinces was conducted (<italic>n</italic> = 1241). Multiple regression was used to test a model of personal and situational predictors of nurses' career aspirations to management roles.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>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.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>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.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm1452-sec-0006" sec-type="section"> <title>Implications for nursing management</title> <p>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.</p> </sec> </abstract>