title: Relationships between nurse executives and physicians: the gender paradox in healthcare.
abstract: Findings from a study about the perspectives of women nurse executives in a heavily managed care environment revealed that physicians were perceived as extremely powerful and that the nurse executive-physician relationship was not as collaborative as would be expected. Findings suggest that gender socialization processes, played out in nurse-physician interactions, contribute to the gender paradox in healthcare leadership.
authors.affiliation: Aichi Medical University, College of Nursing, Japan.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Brandi
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001318:Authoritarianism; D002140:California; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012951:Socialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*