Psychometric testing of the Leadership and Management Inventory: A tool to measure the skills and abilities of first-line nurse managers

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 784-794

  Skytt, Bernice ^a,b,c   Carlsson, Marianne ^c   Ljunggren, Birgitta ^c   EngstrÖm, Maria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Leadership and management skills; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLITICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 54049111413     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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