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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | E1-E16 |
| Journal | Advances in Nursing Science |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |
Keywords
- Bourdieu
- Dispositions of habitus
- Hospital
- International
- Magnet
- Multisited
- Nurse middle managers
- Organizational ethnography
- Supportive roles