title: Comparing nurse managers and nurses' perceptions of nurses' self-leadership during capacity building.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper compares the perceptions of nurse managers and nurses about self-leadership of professional nurses while taking ownership of capacity building during unit management.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Nursing Strategy for South Africa states that the competency of nurses is dependent upon factors that lead to capacity building.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quantitative design was followed by conducting a survey. The target population included nurse managers and professional nurses working at an academic public hospital in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings indicate shortcomings in relation to advising professional nurses about self-direction while taking ownership of their daily pressures and stresses associated with unit management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Professional nurses should develop their confidence by focusing on their self-leadership strengths when managing a unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recommendations are made to promote self-leadership while taking ownership of nurses during capacity building of unit management.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Karien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jooste
authors.forename: Lindi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cairns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D013019:South Africa
keywords: capacity building; nurse managers; ownership; self-leadership; unit management