Powerlessness perceptions of nurse managers in centralized and decentralized hospital organizational structures

Powerlessness is a concept denoting the inability of one to have control over his/her destiny in their work environment. The population studied was 45 nurse managers employed in centralized and decentralized hospital structures. The null hypothesis tested stated there was no difference in the perception of powerlessness among nurse managers employed in decentralized hospital organizational structures as compared to nurse managers working in centralized hospital organizational structures. The null hypothesis was tested using Guilbert's Health Care Workers Powerlessness Scale. The results of the analysis indicated that the perception of powerlessness was unrelated to organizational structure, thus the null hypothesis was rejected.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1986

Author dc:creator

• McClaine, Joyce

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hough, Lois

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Goad, Susan
• Nieswiadomy, Rose

• Powerlessness
• Nurse managers
• Perception
• Decentralized hospital organization

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/14019

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/14019