title: Insights on leadership from early career nurse academics: findings from a mixed methods study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the perceptions of early career nursing academics on leadership in academia.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  There is growing emphasis on leadership capacity building across all domains of nursing. However, there is limited evidence on leadership capacity in early career academics. This study tested an intervention to develop leadership capacity amongst early career nursing academics in two Australian universities.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sequential mixed methods design, using online surveys and semi-structured interviews, was used to collect data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three early career nursing academics participated. Most had experience of formal leadership roles and were aware of its importance to them as they developed their academic careers. Participants were able to discuss their own views of themselves as leaders; their perceptions of their own needs for leadership development, and ways in which they could seek to develop further as leaders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need to provide initial and ongoing opportunities for leadership development amongst nurse academics. These opportunities should be contextualised and recognise factors such as gender, and the effects of structural oppression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse academics are involved in the preparation of the next generation of clinical leaders and it is imperative that they are able to articulate a clear view of leadership.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8099-986X
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halcomb
authors.affiliation: Oxford Brookes University & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford UK & School of Health, University of New England, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, & Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Yenna
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Salamonson
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, & Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Kath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: early career academic; leadership; mixed methods; nurse academic