Motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospital
OBJECTIVE: to analyze the contradictions and ambiguities which permeate nurses' motivation for exercising leadership in management positions, in a university hospital. METHOD: this study has a qualitative approach and is exploratory and descriptive, and used a total of 33 semi-structured i...
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doaj-0f1e9acd41314708bd24f12d963d69d32020-11-24T21:42:03ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem1518-83452013-09-012151172117810.1590/S0104-11692013000500022S0104-11692013000501172Motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospitalClarice Maria Dall'AgnolGisela Maria Schebella Souto de MouraAna Maria Muller de MagalhaesMaria Lucia Rodrigues FalkCaren de Oliveira RiboldiAndreia Peres de OliveiraOBJECTIVE: to analyze the contradictions and ambiguities which permeate nurses' motivation for exercising leadership in management positions, in a university hospital. METHOD: this study has a qualitative approach and is exploratory and descriptive, and used a total of 33 semi-structured interviews which were submitted to thematic analysis. RESULTS: the information converged on five categories: Motivation to take on a management position; The view of nursing managers on the exercising of leadership; The emblematic aspect of working with people; Leadership in nursing - mediatory and conciliatory; Time: a dilemma between managing and caring. CONCLUSION: leading people can be both a great encouragement, and an impeding aspect, bearing in mind the nuances of teamwork and the complexity of the context in which this process is constructed. In addition to this, conciliatory and mediatory attitudes are shown to be fundamental for a healthy and productive organizational atmosphere; however, the lack of time was indicated as a dilemma between managing and caring.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000501172&lng=en&tlng=enLiderazgoGestion en SaludGrupo de Enfermeria |
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Clarice Maria Dall'Agnol Gisela Maria Schebella Souto de Moura Ana Maria Muller de Magalhaes Maria Lucia Rodrigues Falk Caren de Oliveira Riboldi Andreia Peres de Oliveira Motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospital Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem Liderazgo Gestion en Salud Grupo de Enfermeria |
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Clarice Maria Dall'Agnol Gisela Maria Schebella Souto de Moura Ana Maria Muller de Magalhaes Maria Lucia Rodrigues Falk Caren de Oliveira Riboldi Andreia Peres de Oliveira |
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Motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospital |
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Motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospital |
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motivations, contradictions and ambiguities in the leadership of nurses in management positions in a university hospital |
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Universidade de São Paulo |
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Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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OBJECTIVE: to analyze the contradictions and ambiguities which permeate nurses' motivation for exercising leadership in management positions, in a university hospital. METHOD: this study has a qualitative approach and is exploratory and descriptive, and used a total of 33 semi-structured interviews which were submitted to thematic analysis. RESULTS: the information converged on five categories: Motivation to take on a management position; The view of nursing managers on the exercising of leadership; The emblematic aspect of working with people; Leadership in nursing - mediatory and conciliatory; Time: a dilemma between managing and caring. CONCLUSION: leading people can be both a great encouragement, and an impeding aspect, bearing in mind the nuances of teamwork and the complexity of the context in which this process is constructed. In addition to this, conciliatory and mediatory attitudes are shown to be fundamental for a healthy and productive organizational atmosphere; however, the lack of time was indicated as a dilemma between managing and caring. |
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Liderazgo Gestion en Salud Grupo de Enfermeria |
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