title: Development and psychometric evaluation of supportive leadership scales.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of 2 supportive leadership scales, the Charge Nurse Support Scale and the Unit Manager Support Scale, designed for long-term-care environments. These 6-item self-report scales were administered to 70 nursing staff and their internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, content validity, factor structure, and construct validity investigated. Content validity was established with the assistance of experts. Both scales were deemed reliable. As hypothesized, a significant relationship was found between the measure of how nursing staff related to residents and measures of charge nurses' supportive behaviours (r = .42, p = .05). Reliable and valid measures of supportive leadership could be developed for use in identifying the quality of support provided to staff in long-term-care environments.
authors.affiliation: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Katherine S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: McGilton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000592:standards; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011594:Psychometrics; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D035502:Trust