title: Roles of hospital administrators in South Carolina.
abstract: Using discriminant analyses of data on 916 returned questionnaires from a mailing to 1,650 administrators in 82 South Carolina hospitals, this study examines the allocation of interpersonal, informational, decisional, and treatment roles among executive, administrative, and clinical directors. Educational attainment, years of experience, and gender were found to influence respondents' positions. Results also indicate that executive directors assume responsibility for the organization and its relation to the environment. As expected, those in clinical and administrative positions assume more responsibility for interpersonal and treatment roles than do executive directors.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Broyles
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Falcone
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012380:Role; D012737:Sex Factors; D013022:South Carolina; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013996:Time and Motion Studies