Date of Award
3-19-1998
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL)
Department
Leadership
First Advisor
Lucie Ferrell, RN, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Bill Swenson, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Marcy Vogt, OTR
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of leaders who manage effective rehabilitation teams in skilled nursing facilities. The subjects were 51 rehabilitation professionals employed by a rehabilitation company in the Midwest. Subjects rated their self selected leaders on the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 1995), and made qualitative comments about their leader on an attached page. Data were analyzed to determine the organizational relationship between the leader and rater. Leadership characteristics were identified by the choices of the raters on the MLQ. The data show that the rehabilitation professionals in this sample population selected a leader with whom they have daily contact. A certain set of leadership characteristics was identified for the leaders rated by rehabilitation professionals who responded to the survey. This study has implications for training, job performance criteria and selection of an appropriate leader to manage a rehabilitation team in a skilled nursing facility.
Identifier
SC 11.MAL.1998.Ness.KK
Recommended Citation
Ness, Kirsten K., "Characteristics of Leaders of Effective Rehabilitation Teams in Skilled Nursing Facilities" (1998). Theses and Graduate Projects. 531.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/531