Power Orientation: A Study of Female Nurse and Non-Nurse Managers

ABSTRACTResearchers studied the power orientations of female managers as related to career choice, education level, age, and years as a manager. The questionnaire includes six orientations to power1) power as good; 2) power as resource dependency; 3) power as instinctive drive; 4) power as political...

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Published in:Nursing management 1994-05, Vol.25 (5), p.55-58
Main Authors: REIMER, JANET M, MORRISSEY, NANCY, MULCAHY, KATHRYN A, BERNAT, ANNE L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Adult
Age
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Career Choice
Careers
Education
Educational Status
Female
Females
Humans
Hypotheses
Managers
Middle Aged
Nurse Administrators - statistics & numerical data
Nurses
Nursing
Occupations
Power
Power (Psychology)
Secondary schools
Statistical analysis
Studies
Virginia
Women
Women, Working
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Summary:ABSTRACTResearchers studied the power orientations of female managers as related to career choice, education level, age, and years as a manager. The questionnaire includes six orientations to power1) power as good; 2) power as resource dependency; 3) power as instinctive drive; 4) power as political; 5) power as charisma; and 6) power as control and autonomy. Discerning power may explain how one perceives the managerial position.
ISSN:0744-6314
1538-8670
DOI:10.1097/00006247-199405000-00010