Analysis of Graduate Theses Related to Leadership Carried out in the Field of Nursing in Turkish Universities

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 3, 272 - 282, 18.12.2024

Ana Luiza Ferreira Aydoğdu

https://doi.org/10.54189/hbd.1376010

Öz

Objective: This study aimed to analyze different variables of graduate theses related to leadership conducted in the field of nursing in Turkish Universities.
Methods: This is a bibliometric and descriptive study. The search for the theses was carried out in May 2022 in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education using “leadership” and “nursing” as descriptors.
Results: A total of 48 theses were included. Most theses (45.83%) were published between 2017 and 2022. 66.67% of the theses were conducted at public universities. Almost all the theses were produced by the departments of nursing, nursing management, or nursing fundamentals and management. In most of the theses, the samples consisted of staff nurses. Quantitative approaches were present in all the theses and scales were the most used data collection instruments (56.25%). The most discussed topics were “leadership behaviors” (29.17%), “leadership styles” (20.83%), and “transformational leadership” (14.58%).
Conclusion: It is suggested that leadership be more widely discussed across different nursing departments and featured in a greater number of doctoral theses, primarily through qualitative approaches. Nursing students should be considered more as research samples, as it is important to investigate future nurses’ opinions and knowledge about leadership.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Graduate Thesis, Leadership, Nursing

Analysis of Graduate Theses Related to Leadership Carried out in the Field of Nursing in Turkish Universities

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışma, Türk üniversitelerinde hemşirelik alanında gerçekleştirilen liderlikle ilgili lisansüstü tezlerine ilişkin farklı değişkenleri analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma bibliyometrik ve tanımlayıcıdır. Tezlerin aramasında Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK) Ulusal Tez Merkezi’nde detaylı arama sayfasında tez adı kısmında “liderlik” anahtar kelimesi ve konu bölümünde “hemşirelik” seçildi.
Bulgular: Toplamda 48 tez dahil edilmiştir. Tezlerin çoğu (%45,83) 2017-2022 yılları arasında yayımlanmıştır. Tezlerin %66,67’si devlet üniversitelerinde yapılmıştır. Neredeyse tüm tezler hemşirelik, hemşirelik yönetimi veya hemşirelik esasları ve yönetimi departmanları tarafından üretilmiştir. Tezlerin çoğunda örneklemi hemşireler oluşturmuştur. Tezlerin hepsinde nicel yaklaşımlar bulunup ve en çok kullanılan veri toplama aracı ölçekler olmuştur (%56,25). En çok tartışılan konular “liderlik davranışları” (%29,17), “liderlik tarzları” (%20,83) ve “dönüşümcü liderlik” (%14,58) olmuştur.
ORCID IDs: ALFA: 0000-0002-0411-0886
Sorumlu yazar/Corresponding author: PhD, Ana Luiza Ferreira AYDOĞDU, İstanbul Health and Technology University Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Türkiye
e-posta/ e-mail: [e-mail]
Atıf/Citation: Aydoğdu ALF. (2024). Analysis of Graduate Theses Related to Leadership Carried Out in the Field of Nursing in Turkish Universities. Journal of Nursing Sciences, 7 (3), 272-282. doi: 10.54189/hbd.1376010
Sonuç: Liderliğin farklı hemşirelik departmanlarında ve daha çok doktora tezlerinde ağırlıklı olarak nitel yaklaşımlar aracılığıyla geniş çapta tartışılması önerilmektedir. Geleceğin hemşirelerinin liderlik konusundaki görüş ve bilgilerinin araştırılması önemli olduğundan, hemşirelik öğrencileri daha çok araştırma örneklemi olarak ele alınmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Hemşirelik, Liderlik, Lisansüstü Tezi

Etik Beyan

As it is a bibliometric study, there was no need to acquire ethical permissions. Ethical aspects were ensured through the legitimacy of information and authorship of the publications used for the preparation of this study.

Kaynakça

• Alharbi AA, Dahinten VS, MacPhee M. (2020). The relationships between nurses’ work environments and emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and intent to leave among nurses in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(11), 3026–3038. doi:10.1111/jan.14512
• Alharbi FSHS, Mustafa Z, Benoy M. (2022). Nurses turnover: Retention of the staff. Open Journal of Nursing, 12(03), 199–219. doi:10.4236/ojn.2022.123013
• Anselmo-Witzel S, Heitner KL, Dimitroff LJ. (2020). Retaining generation Y nurses: Preferred characteristics of their nurse managers. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(10), 508–514. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000000926
• Antonini FO, Boehs AE, Lenardt MH, Budó M de LD, Monticelli M. (2014). Enfermagem e cultura: características das teses e dissertações produzidas na pós-graduação da enfermagem brasileira. Revista de Enfermagem da UFSM, 4(1). doi:10.5902/217976929724
• Ardahan M, Konal E. (2017). Hemşirelikte yöneticilik ve liderlik [Management and leadership in nursing]. Gümüşhane University Journal of Health Sciences, 6(1), 140–147.
• Ay F, Bilgiç FS. (2021). Lisansüstü tezlerde kuramların kullanımının bibliyometrik analizi: kadın sağlığı-hastalıkları ve doğum hemşireliği alanı örneği [Bibliometric analysis of the use of theories in graduate theses: A case study of gynecology and obstetrics nursing]. Fenerbahçe University Journal of Health Sciences,1(3), 281–289.
• Aydemi̇r Gedük E. (2018). Hemşirelik mesleğinin gelişen rolleri [Developing roles of the nursing profession]. Sağlık Bilim ve Meslekleri Dergisi, 5(2), 508–514. doi:10.17681/hsp.358458
• Baykal UT, Türkmen EE. (Ed.). (2022). Hemşirelikte yönetim. İstanbul: Akademi. Demirkaya F. (2020). Examination of theses written in the field of nursing management in Turkey: The retrospective review. Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi, 3(7), 431–440. doi:10.5222/shyd.2020.69672
• Dönmez YC, Soyer O, Van Giersbergen MY. (2018). Türkiye’de yapılan cerrahi hastalıkları hemşireliği doktora tezlerinin incelenmesi (1991-2015) [Surgical nursing doctorate thesis in Turkey] (1991-2015). Journal of Education and Research in Nursing, 15(4), 248–255. doi:10.5222/head.2018.248
• Elmacıoğlu L. Türk Yoğun Bakım Hemşireleri Derneği: Hekimler göçünün ardından sıra hemşirelerde [Turkish Association of Intensive Care Nurses: After the migration of physicians, it is time for nurses]. (2021). Turkey: Independent Türkçe Publishing.
• Erdoğan S. (2015). Nitel araştırma. S. Erdoğan, N. Nahcivan, M.N. Esin (Ed.), Hemşirelikte araştırma içinde (2. bs., s. 131-166). İstanbul: Nobel.
• Ergöl S. (2011). Nursing education in higher education in Turkey. Journal of Higher Education and Science, 1(3), 152. doi:10.5961/jhes.2011.022
• Ergün E, Çelik S. (2015). Yöneticilerin görev ve çalışan odaklı liderlik davranışları ve hemşirelerin iş tatmini, örgütsel bağlılığı ve iş stresi arasındaki ilişki [Managers’ task-oriented and employee-oriented leadership behaviors: effects on nurse job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job stress]. Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Dergisi, 23(3), 203–214.
• Fischer SA. (2016). Transformational leadership in nursing: A concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(11), 2644–2653. doi:10.1111/jan.13049
• Fischer SA. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing education: Making the case: Making the case. Nursing Science Quarterly, 30(2), 124–128. doi:10.1177/0894318417693309
• Foulkes-Bert D, Volk F, Garzon F, Pride M. (2019). The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Behavior, Adult Attachment, and God Attachment. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 47(1), 20–33. doi:10.1177/0091647118795181
• Gülkaya G, Duygulu S. (2020). Transformational leadership behaviors of unit charge nurses and the motivation status of staff nurses. Journal of Health and Nursing Management,1(7), 31–39. doi:10.5222/shyd.2020.07078
• Iqbal K, Fatima T, Naveed M. (2019). The impact of transformational leadership on nurses’ organizational commitment: A multiple mediation model. European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, 10(1), 262–275. doi:10.3390/ejihpe10010021
• Karaman E, Oksel E. (2020). An examination of internal medicine nursing graduate theses in Turkey. Archives of Health Science and Research, 7(2), 161–166. doi:10.5152/archealthscires.2020.19035
• Kiwanuka F, Nanyonga RC, Sak-Dankosky N, Muwanguzi PA, Kvist T. (2021). Nursing leadership styles and their impact on intensive care unit quality measures: An integrative review. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(2), 133–142. doi:10.1111/jonm.13151
• Kocaman G, Arslan Yürümezoğlu H. (2015). Situation analysis of nursing education in Turkey: nursing education with numbers (1996-2015). Journal of Higher Education and Science, 5(3), 255. doi:10.5961/jhes.2015.127
• Labrague LJ. (2021). Influence of nurse managers’ toxic leadership behaviours on nurse-reported adverse events and quality of care. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(4), 855–863. doi:10.1111/jonm.13228
• Labrague LJ, Nwafor CE, Tsaras K. (2020). Influence of toxic and transformational leadership practices on nurses’ job satisfaction, job stress, absenteeism and turnover intention: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(5), 1104–1113. doi:10.1111/jonm.13053
• Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB). (2020). http://orgm.meb.gov.tr/ozelegitimverehberlikdergisi/tr/pub/dosyalar/etikkurulizinbelgesi.pdf (Erişim tarihi: 03/03/2023)
• Motamed-Jahromi M, Leila Dehghani S. (2014). Nursing MSc theses: a study of an Iranian College of Nursing and Midwifery in two decades (1990-2010). Global Journal of Health Science, 6(5), 118–124. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v6n5p118
• Moura AA de, Bernardes A, Balsanelli AP, Zanetti ACB, Gabriel CS. (2017). Liderança e satisfação no trabalho da enfermagem: revisão integrativa. Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 30(4), 442–450. doi:10.1590/1982-0194201700055
• Nahcivan N. (2015). Nicel araştırma. S. Erdoğan, N. Nahcivan, M.N. Esin (Ed.), Hemşirelikte araştırma (2. bs., s. 87–130). İstanbul: Nobel.
• Ngabonzima A, Asingizwe D, Kouveliotis K. (2020). Influence of nurse and midwife managerial leadership styles on job satisfaction, intention to stay, and services provision in selected hospitals of Rwanda. BMC Nursing, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12912-020-00428-8
• Nnebedum C, Obuegbe AS. (2021). Determination of factors that contribute to postgraduate students’ delay in their thesis/dissertation completion. The Universal Academic Research Journal, 2(2), 78–86.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (2021). Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators. 2021st ed. Paris Cedex, France: OECD. doi:10.1787/ae3016b9-en
• Oshodi TO, Bruneau B, Crockett R, Kinchington F, Nayar S, West E. (2019). Registered nurses’ perceptions and experiences of autonomy: a descriptive phenomenological study. BMC Nursing, 18(1), 51. doi:10.1186/s12912-019-0378-3
• Özpulat F, Barmakci UC. (2015). The nursing theses prepared in Turkey and characteristics of them. Global Journal on Advances in Pure & Applied Sciences, 7, 95–101.
• Öztunç G. (2017). Hemşirelik doğası. T. Atabey Aştı, A. Karadağ (Ed.). Hemşirelik esasları içinde (s. 25-35). İstanbul: Akademi.
• Öztürk Çopur E, Can Z, Çam HH, Karasu F. (2020). Hemşirelik araştırmalarında nitel çalışmaların önemi [The importance of qualitative studies in nursing research]. Gümüşhane University Journal of Health Sciences, 9(4), 396–401.
• Perkins RT, Bamgbade S, Bourdeanu L. (2020). Nursing leadership roles and its influence on the millennial psychiatric nurses’ job satisfaction and intent to leave. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 29(1), 15-24. doi:10.1177/1078390320979615
• Pimenta CJL, Fernandes WAA de B, Falcão RM de, Freitas S de A, Oliveira J dos S, Costa KN de FM. (2018). Analysis of the dissertations and theses of the graduate nursing program of Federal University of Paraíba. REME, 22, e-1093. doi:10.5935/1415-2762.20180023
• Rached CDA, Sousa G de C, Borges FA, Carloni PRRFR, Domercant H. (2022). The nurse: relationship between leadership style, values and Quality of Work Life. Journal of Positive Psychology & Wellbeing, 6(2), 1631–1644.
• Sabbah IM, Ibrahim TT, Khamis RH, Bakhour HAM, Sabbah SM, Droubi NS, et al. (2020). The association of leadership styles and nurses well-being: a cross-sectional study in healthcare settings. The Pan African Medical Journal, 36, 328. doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.328.19720
• Silva CC, Ferraz RRN, Barnabé AS, Fonseca SUL, Evengelista AA, Ramos AL, et al. (2016). A influência dos estilos de liderança no comportamento da equipe de enfermagem [The influence of leadership styles in the behavior of the nursing staff]. Gestao em Foco, 2016, 290–298.
• Specchia ML, Cozzolino MR, Carini E, Di Pilla A, Galletti C, Ricciardi W, et al. (2021). Leadership styles and nurses’ job satisfaction. Results of a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1552. doi:10.3390/ijerph18041552
• Torun S. (2019). Türkiye’de Hemşirelik Lisans Programlarında Hemşirelik Tarihi Dersi Öğretiminin İncelenmesi. Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Lokman Hekim Tıp Tarihi ve Folklorik Tıp Dergisi, 9(3), 317-325. doi:10.31020/mutftd.587749
• Uslu Sahan F, Terzioglu F. (2022). Transformational leadership practices of nurse managers: the effects on the organizational commitment and job satisfaction of staff nurses. Leadership in Health Services, 35(5), 494-505. doi:10.1108/LHS-11-2021-0091
• Yılmaz A, Yazgan EO, Dur B, Salman F, Demir A. (2017). Türkiye’de hemşirelik lisansüstü tezlerinin yayın olma durumu: Bibliyometrik çalışma (1977-2016) [Publishing status of graduate dissertation in nursing: bibliometric study (1977-2016)]. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Geliştirme Dergisi, 19(3), 34-44
• Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK). (2024). National Thesis Center. https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/ (Erişim tarihi: 03/03/2024).