The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions of nurse educators in
Limpopo Province regarding their empowerment. The researcher conducted a
quantitative descriptive-correlative research design to describe the perceptions of
nurse educators in Limpopo Province regarding their empowerment. Laschinger's
Integrated Model of Nurse/Patient Empowerment deduced from Kanter's Theory of
Structural Power in organisations and Spreitzer's Psychological Empowerment
Theory guided the construction of the data collection instrument. Data collection was
carried out using a self-designed structured questionnaire. The population comprised
all nurse educators in Nursing Education Institutions in Limpopo Province. The
Ethics Committee of the Department of Health in Limpopo Province granted
permission to conduct the research in the Limpopo Province. Non-probability
convenience sampling was applied to obtain the participant sample for the study.
The study shed light on important aspects of nurse educators' perception of their
empowerment. The findings demonstrated that nurse educators perceived the
concept of empowerment differently. The most incorrect perception of empowerment
was that empowerment entailed paternalism rather than democratic (n=73; f=43;58.9%) and that it involved alienation rather than being inclusive, also at 58.9%.
The total average scores were of concern to the researcher. The results of
respondents' experience of structural empowerment varied as only 0.9%(f=1) did not
indicate whether they agreed or disagreed that structural empowerment existed at
the NEIs. 40.4% (f=44) indicated/agreed to have experienced psychological
empowerment while 57.8% (f=63) have not experienced psychological
empowerment.
The findings related to association amongst the constructs indicated that gender was
not associated with structural empowerment as well as psychological empowerment
(p-value less than 0.05). There was no association between the highest qualification
and structural empowerment (50.5% (f=55). However, 57% (f=63) agreed that there
was an association between the highest qualification and psychological
empowerment of respondents. The respondents disagreed that years of teaching
experience (50.5% (f=55) was associated with structural empowerment, while 48.6%
(f=53) believed it existed. The respondents indicated that no association existed
between the campus they were placed at and structural empowerment (50.9% (f=55)
while 57.8% (f=62) agreed that the campus placement was associated with structural
empowerment as well as being associated with psychological empowerment at
56.5% (f=61). The discipline in which the nurse educators were teaching was not
associated with either their structural empowerment (p=843 more than p=0.05) or
their psychological empowerment at p=0.955 more than p=0.005). The respondents
agreed that the discipline they taught was associated with their psychological
empowerment at 55.9% (f=57); however, no statistically significant association existed at p-value 0.665 more than p-value 0.005.
As the results indicated, the concept of empowerment yielded various perceptions of
nurse educators. The results demonstrated the necessity to develop empowerment
programmes for nurse educators at the NEIs. / Maikemišetso a dinyakišiso tše e be e le go hlalosa maikutlo a bafahluši ba baoki mo
Profentshing ya Limpopo mabapi le ka fao ba boning matlafatšo ya bona. Go
šomišitšwe motheo was hlaloso-kamano go hwetša maikutlo a mafahluši ba baoki.
Dinyakišišo di be di ithekgilwe ka kgopolo-kgolo ya Laschinger ya matlafatšo ya
balwetši, a e tsere go tšwa kgopolong-kgolo ya Kanter ya matlafatšo mo mešomong le
matlafatšo ya megopolo ya go ngwalwa ke Spreitzer. Dikgopolo-kgolo tše di šomišitšwe
go aga/dira gore monyakišiši a kgone go hwetša maikutlo a mafahloši ba baoki mo
kholetšheng ya baoki. Dinyakišišo tše di itheilwe godimo ga mafahloši ba baoki ka moka
mo kholetšheng ya baoki ya profense ya Limpopo. Komiti ya maitshwaro a mabotse mo
Lefapheng la Maphelo e file monyakišiši tumelelo ya go dira porotšeke ye. Porotšeke ye
e laiditše seemo sa matlafatšo ya mafahluši ba baoki mo porofentsheng ya Limpopo.
Dipoelo tša dinyakišišo tše di bontšhitše gore mafahluši ba baoki ma na le maikutlo a a
fapaneng mabapi le matlafatšo ya bona. Seo se sa kgotsofatšeng ke gore bafahlušhi ba
baoki ba (n=73; f=43;58.9%) ga ba laetša maikutlo a a nyakegang ka gore ba
bontšhitše gore matlafatšo mo kholetšeng ya baoki ke kgateleo go na le gore ke
temokerasi. Mafahluši ba 58.9% ba rile matlafatšo ke go bea motho thoko bakeng sa go dumela polelo ya maikutlo a lokologilego. Taba ye ke yona e tshwentsego monyakisisi.
Dipoelo di bontšhitse gore palo ya bafahlušhi ba baoki e lego 0.9% (f=1) ga se e dumele
goba go gana gore go na le matlafatšo mo ba šomago. Mafahluši ba 40.4% (f=44) ba
bontshitše gore ba bone gore go na le matlafatšo ba mogopolo mola ba 57.8% (f=63)
ba bontšhitše gore gab a ikwa ba matlafaditšwe mogopolong.
Dipoelo di bontšha gape gore ga go na kamano magareng ga bong le matlafatšo ya mo
mošomong. Gape, ga gona matlafatšo magareng ga go rutega le matlafatšo mo
mošomong (50.5% (f=55). Ka go le lengwe, mafahluši ba baoki ba 57% (f=63) ba
dumetše gore gona le kamano magareng ga go rutega le mafatšo ya mogopolo. Palo
ba bona e lego (50.5% (f=55) e bontšhitše gore gona kamano ya matlafatšo le
maitemogelo mola ba (48.6% (f=53) bas a kwane le kgopolo ya gore gona le kamano / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26652 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Mochaki, Nare William |
| Contributors | Van der Wal, D. M. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xxiv, 340 leaves) : illustrations (some color), graphs (some color), color map, application/pdf |
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