Variables influencing leadership development among presidents of selected nursing organizations

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The purpose of this study was to identify variables contributing to leadership development of individuals who were presidents of state nurses' associations and chapters of Sigma Theta Tau. It was operationally defined that leaders were individuals who had assumed the presidency of those organizations. A questionnaire returned by 207 respondents was used to gather data and interviews were also conducted with four national nurse leaders. The variables considered as part of fulfilling the purpose of the research study included: personal and professional characteristics of the identified individuals; impact of family members regarding leadership development of the identified leaders; extent of organizational involvement of the identified presidents; and support systems utilized by the identified individuals. The findings included but were not limited to the following description of the "typical" nurse leader as: female, first born, having supportive parents who would be high school graduat

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