Nurse Managers' Perceived Self-leadership Levels: A Cross-sectional Study

Area of Science:

• Nursing Management
• Leadership Studies
• Organizational Psychology

Background:

• Self-leadership involves self-awareness, responsibility, and leveraging strengths for performance.
• While benefits are known, self-leadership in US nurse managers remains understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess perceived self-leadership levels among nurse managers in the United States.
• To identify specific self-leadership strategies that may be less developed in this population.

Main Methods:

• A cross-sectional descriptive study design was employed.
• Eighty-eight nurse managers completed the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire.

Main Results:

• Nurse managers reported moderate overall self-leadership.
• Constructive thought strategies, self-reward behaviors, and visualizing performance received the lowest scores.
• A correlation was observed between participant age and self-leadership levels.

Conclusions:

• Further research is recommended to explore self-leadership in US nurse leaders.
• Interventions targeting constructive thought patterns, self-reward, and performance visualization could enhance nurse managers' self-leadership.