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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Managers need evidence-based methods to evaluate their management skills. To further test the appreciative management scale (AMS 1.0) to create a practical instrument to be used in evaluating appreciative management. METHODS: For further testing, a new survey was conducted among social and healthcare managers (n = 734) in Finland. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the scale validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficients the internal consistency. RESULTS: The validated AMS 2.0 scale includes 24 items. The values measuring validity and reliability were good, with an Rool Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) of 0.072, Average Variance Extracted (AVE) values between 0.532 and 0.634, and Composite Reliability (CR) values ranging between 0.850 and 0.914. The Cronbach's alpha of the whole scale was 0.944. CONCLUSIONS: AMS 2.0 is a reliable and valid means to measure appreciative management as proved by confirmatory factor analysis.
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Health Facility Administrators/psychology , Health Facility Administrators/statistics & numerical data , Health Facility Administrators/standards , Personnel Management/standards , Professional Competence/statistics & numerical data , Professional Competence/standards , Adult , Female , Finland , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Personnel Management/statistics & numerical data , Psychometrics/standards , Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data , Reproducibility of Results , Research Design , Surveys and Questionnaires/standards , Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon of management by way of the ideas of secondary school students and young nurses. BACKGROUND: Young adults are changing workplaces more than ever before, yet their work expectations and perspectives of management differ to those of previous generations. METHODS: The data was collected from upper secondary school students and professionally educated nurses (N = 68), some of whom were immigrants (N = 41). Framed essays were used as a research method and emergent data was analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS: According to the results, good management involves systematic management, equality, appreciation of know-how, and the promotion of wellbeing at work. CONCLUSION: New perspectives on management were drawn from the study, in particular the multiple dimensions of equality in workplace organization and the manager's role in an employee's professional development process. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: The interactive skills of the manager are emphasized in promoting wellbeing at work. This is especially so in multi-cultural teams, where the manager is expected to be adept at understanding intercultural communication and the values of young employees.
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Nurse Administrators , Nurses , Adult , HumansABSTRACT
Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon of management by way of the ideas by secondary school students and young nurses. Background: Young adults are changing workplaces more than ever before, yet their work expectations and perspectives of management differ to those of previous generations. Methods: The data was collected from upper secondary school students and professionally educated nurses (n = 68), some of whom were immigrants (n = 41). Framed essays were used as a research method and emergent data was analysed using content analysis. Results: According to the results, good management involves systematic management, equality, appreciation of know-how, and the promotion of wellbeing at work. Conclusion: New perspectives on management were drawn from the study, in particular the multiple dimensions of equality in workplace organization and the manager's role in an employee's professional development process. Implication for nursing management: The interactive skills of the manager are emphasized in promoting wellbeing at work. This is especially so in multi-cultural teams, where the manager is expected to be adept at understanding intercultural communication and the values of young employees.
