Leadership and management skills of first-line managers of elderly care and their work environmentShow others and affiliations
2010 (English)In: Journal of Nursing Management, ISSN 0966-0429, E-ISSN 1365-2834, Vol. 18, no 6, p. 736-745Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Aim To study the leadership and management skills of first-line managers (FLMs) of elderly care and their work environment in Egypt and Sweden. Background FLMs in Egypt and Sweden are directly responsible for staff and quality of care. However, FLMs in Sweden, in elderly care, have smaller units/organizations to manage than do their colleagues in Egypt. Furthermore, family care of the elderly has been the norm in Egypt, but in recent years institutional care has increased, whereas in Sweden, residential living homes have existed for a longer period. Methods A convenience sample of FLMs, 49 from Egypt and 49 from Sweden, answered a questionnaire measuring leadership and management skills, structural and psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and psychosomatic health. Results In both countries, FLMs' perceptions of their leadership and management skills and psychological empowerment were quite high, whereas scores for job satisfaction and psychosomatic health were lower. FLMs had higher values in several factors/study variables in Egypt compared with in Sweden. Conclusion and implications The work environment, both in Egypt and Sweden, needs to be improved to increase FLMs' job satisfaction and decrease stress. The cultural differences and levels of management have an effect on the differences between the two countries.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. Vol. 18, no 6, p. 736-745
Keywords [en]
Elderly care, Empowerment, First-line manager, Job satisfaction, Leadership and management skills, Psychosomatic health
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Health-Promoting Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7555DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01132.xISI: 000283238400014PubMedID: 20840368Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77956634587OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-7555DiVA, id: diva2:350811
2010-09-112010-09-112020-02-17Bibliographically approved