Nurse middle managers' dispositions of habitus a bourdieusian analysis of supporting role behaviors in Dutch and American hospitals
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2015-09-01
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Lalleman, P. C B
Smid, G. A C
Lagerwey, M. D.
Oldenhof, L.
Schuurmans, Marieke J.
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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.
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Bourdieu, Dispositions of habitus, Hospital, International, Magnet, Multisited, Nurse middle managers, Organizational ethnography, Supportive roles, Taverne, General Nursing
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Lalleman, P C B, Smid, G A C, Lagerwey, M D, Oldenhof, L & Schuurmans, M J 2015, 'Nurse middle managers' dispositions of habitus a bourdieusian analysis of supporting role behaviors in Dutch and American hospitals', Advances in Nursing Science, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. E1-E16. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000083