Date of Award
8-1988
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
Change and adaptation are consistent and major characteristics in most of the activities of modern society. The nursing profession is not exempt from constantly changing theories, practices, and environment. Recent literature suggests a great interest in turnover, stress, and job satisfaction of staff nurses. However, few published studies pertain to top management turnover as it relates to middle managers. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between top management tenure and middle managers' job-related stress and job satisfaction.
The perceptions of job-related stress and job satisfaction of sixty middle managers in six Midwest Veterans Administration Medical Centers were compared to the tenure of the chief nurse (director of nurses) in each of the institutions. Job-related stress was determined using Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was utilized to measure job satisfaction. Demographic data were also collected from each chief nurse and middle manager.
Analysis of data collected showed a weak, non-significant relationship between middle managers job-related stress and the tenure of the chief nurse. Job satisfaction was also non significantly related to chief nurse tenure.
Consideration should be given to the possibility that in this sample, tenure was so stable the findings were non-significant. The apparent high degree of job satisfaction and low degree of job related stress of the middle managers surveyed appear to support the assumption in Roy's Adaptation Theory that a person's ability to adapt depends on the degree of change taking place and the state of the person coping with the change.
Recommended Citation
Richard, Joyce M., "The relationship between top management tenure and middle managers' Job-Related stress and job satisfaction" (1988). Theses and Dissertations. 7383.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/7383