title: Nurse Middle Managers' Dispositions of Habitus: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Supporting Role Behaviors in Dutch and American Hospitals.
abstract: A Magnet-related program has been recently adopted in the Netherlands. Support for staff nurses from nurse middle managers (NMMs) is a key component of such a program. A Bourdieusian ethnographic organizational case study in 4 hospitals in the Netherlands and the United States (Magnet, Magnet-related, and non-Magnet) was conducted to explore NMMs' supporting role behavior. Bourdieus concepts of habitus, field, and capital guided the analysis. Eight dispositions constitute NMMs habitus. A caring, clinical, and scientific disposition enhances NMMs' capital in particular organizations-as-fields. Further research is necessary to link Magnet (-related) program characteristics to various configurations of dispositions of NMMs habitus.
authors.affiliation: HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Mr Lalleman); Open University of the Netherlands and Sioo, Interuniversity Centre for Organization Studies and Change Management (Dr Smid); Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (Dr Lagerwey); Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Dr Oldenhof); and Utrecht University and HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Dr Schuurmans).
authors.forename: P C B
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lalleman
authors.forename: G A C
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Smid
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lagerwey
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oldenhof
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schuurmans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*