Crisis Leadership for Nurse Managers
Author Information
Author(s): Kim Sun Ju
Primary Institution: Chungnam National University Se-Jong Hospital
Hypothesis
The study aims to develop a crisis leadership scale for nurse managers and evaluate its psychometric properties.
Conclusion
The crisis leadership scale demonstrated good psychometric properties and can effectively measure the crisis leadership skills of nurse managers.
Supporting Evidence
- The study involved 443 nurse managers to verify the validity and reliability of the crisis leadership scale.
- The final instrument included 28 items across five factors related to crisis management.
- The Cronbach’s α for the instrument was .96, indicating high internal reliability.
- The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded a five-factor solution.
Takeaway
This study created a tool to help nurse managers lead better during crises, like COVID-19, and it works well.
Methodology
The study involved developing an initial crisis leadership scale based on literature review and existing tools, followed by psychometric evaluation with exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.
Participant Demographics
Nurse managers from 34 hospitals in Korea.
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