International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Nurse Managers' Perceptions Related to Their Leadership Styles, Knowledge, and Skills in These Areas—A Viewpoint: Case of Health Centre Wards in Finland Table 1 The respondents’ (
) background data.
Background data
% Gender (
) Female 246
97.6 Male 6 2.4 Age (
) 32–45 56 22.6 46–50 69 27.8 51–55 56 22.6 56–65 67 27.0 Education (
) Specialized nurse 151 61.6 Nurse 57 23.3 MSc 37 15.1 Work experience in health care (
) <21 60 24.1 21–25 53 21.3 26–30 63 25.3 >30 73 29.3 Work experience as nurse manager (
) <5 71 28.2 5–9 65 25.8 10–14 47 18.7 >14 69 27.3 Updating education in leadership (
) Yes 237 94.0 No 15 6.0 Reading professional journals (
) Yes 216 85.7 No 36 14.3 Reading scientific journals (
) Yes 113 44.8 No 139 55.2 Searching information from internet (
) Yes 173 68.7 No 79 31.3 Discussing with colleagues
) Yes 220 87.3 No 32 12.7 Consulting experts (
) Yes 91 36.1 No 161 63.9 Number of employees (
) <20 69 28.2 20–24 66 26.9 25–29 46 18.8 >29 64 26.1