The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of psychological empowerment among nurse aides in nursing homes. Five structural factors (information exchange, decentralization of resources, co-worker support, supervisor support, and availability of training) and four control factors (age, sex, level of education, and race) are analyzed using multivariate linear regression to examine their effects on psychological empowerment. Two of the five structural factors, decentralization of resources and supervisor support, are shown to positively influence psychological empowerment. Nursing home managers can consider developing and implementing procedures that decentralize resources and demonstrate supervisor support in order to increase psychological empowerment. Based on the findings of this study theory and practice might benefit from additional study of decentralization of resources and supervisor support.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc149666 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Steinberg, Jonathan J. |
| Contributors | Yeatts, Dale E., Seward, Rudy, Ingman, Stan |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Steinberg, Jonathan J., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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