Influence of Leadership Styles on Expatriate Nurses' Professional Integration in the UAE
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Emmah Ncube
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Hussey, Leslie C.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Walden University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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274
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Sharp, David; Wheeler, Corinne A.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-45497-0
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Nursing
Body granting the degree
Walden University
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Transnational nurse migration has evoked a growing interest in the phenomenon of professional integration of expatriate nurses into their host societies. Despite research connecting employee and organizational outcomes such as job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior to the quality of leadership styles, there remains a lack of research linking professional integration of expatriate nurses to nurse leadership styles in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The purpose of this grounded theory study was to develop a theory that would explain how nurse leadership styles and behaviors impacted the professional integration of expatriate nurses into the multicultural work environment of the UAE. The research questions addressed the perceptions of the expatriate nurses on effective leadership styles and behaviors of nurse leaders in a culturally diverse work environment, the lived experiences of the expatriate nurses, and the impact of the organizational culture on the process of integration. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 expatriate nurses, demographic surveys, documents review, and researcher memos. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method and initial, focused, axial, and theoretical coding. Results indicated that nurse leadership styles and the conditions surrounding the integration process influenced the success of the expatriate nurses' adaptation, integration, and assimilation into the host society. Implications for social change include the preparation of nurses while in their home country on what to expect in the host country, and development of leadership training programs to prepare nurse leaders for leading in a culturally diverse work environment.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nursing
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
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Health and environmental sciences;Expatriate nurses;Leadership styles;Professional integration