Development of a Scale for Nurses to Assess Their Own Shift Leadership and Factors Influencing Shift Leadership

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K10737
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58050:Fundamental of nursing-related
• Research Institution: Saitama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: KITAJIMA Hiroko (北島裕子) 埼玉県立大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 助教 (40635760)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 英子 国際医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学研究科, 教授 (20299879)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 看護師 / 勤務帯リーダー / リーダーシップ / 評価尺度 / 尺度開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Leadership behaviors of shift leader nurses were identified from qualitative research. From the qualitative research and previous literature, a self-assessment instrument was developed to assess own shift leadership behavior, and its reliability and validity were verified. Using the developed scale, a longitudinal study was conducted among nurses in charge of work-zone leadership nationwide to determine the causal relationship of factors affecting the leadership behaviors of shift leader nurses. The results revealed that having good team collaboration in the ward, having good time management skills, having an extroverted personality, having a nursing university degree, having leadership-related training experience, and having a supervisor or peer to consult with influenced high shift leadership behavior.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学　看護管理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

看護師の勤務帯リーダーのリーダーシップ行動に影響する要因の因果関係を明らかにした先行研究はなく，本研究の新知見と考える。
本開発尺度は，勤務帯リーダーに関する学術研究や導入教育・振り返り・研修等に使用可能である。さらに，明らかになった要因に介入することで勤務帯リーダーのリーダーシップ行動が向上する可能性があり，看護ケアの質向上に貢献することができる。