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J Nurs Adm ; 36(11): 526-33, 2006 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17099438

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OBJECTIVE: The authors tested a model linking chief nurse executive (CNE) organizational structures (line and staff) to staff nurse perceptions of workplace empowerment in 2 large Canadian hospitals. BACKGROUND: Kanter's theoretical constructs of empowerment (ie, access to information, support, resources and opportunity, and formal and informal power) were used to explore this phenomena. No published studies were found linking organizational structure to staff nurse empowerment. METHODS: Staff nurses (n = 256) were surveyed in 2 large teaching hospitals, one with a CNE in a line structure, the other with a CNE in a staff structure. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the proposed model. RESULTS: Staff nurses with a CNE in a line structure felt significantly more empowered in their access to resources than nurses with a CNE in a staff structure. Kanter's empowerment structures explained 63% of the variance in nurses' global empowerment in a line structure and 42% in the staff structure. Access to information, resources, and formal power was an important predictor of nurses' global empowerment in the line hospital, whereas only access to support was a significant predictor in the staff hospital. CONCLUSION: Support for the model tested in this study highlights the importance of the CNE in creating and sustaining healthy work environments for nurses.


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Attitude of Health Personnel , Nurse Administrators , Nurse's Role , Nursing Staff, Hospital , Power, Psychological , Professional Autonomy , Analysis of Variance , Decision Making, Organizational , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Hospital Restructuring/organization & administration , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Leadership , Models, Nursing , Models, Organizational , Nurse Administrators/organization & administration , Nurse Administrators/psychology , Nurse's Role/psychology , Nursing Administration Research , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Ontario , Organizational Culture , Regression Analysis , Social Support , Surveys and Questionnaires , Workplace/organization & administration , Workplace/psychology
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