Environmental conditions and their influence on information processing by deans in baccalaureate schools of nursing

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dc.contributor.authorDonckers, Susan Waldropen
dc.contributor.committeechairParks, David J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAndrew, Loyd D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEisenhart, Margaret A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSeither, Frances G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStubblefield, Harolden
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Administrationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T14:38:35Zen
dc.date.available2014-08-13T14:38:35Zen
dc.date.issued1987en
dc.description.abstractThe problems of declining enrollments and shrinking resources seem particularly acute for baccalaureate schools of nursing. In a study of responses to these and other problems, deans of five types of baccalaureate nursing schools described how they collected and channeled information as they developed strategies to ensure the future of their programs. A questionnaire was sent to the deans of 344 baccalaureate schools of nursing. Forty-two percent of the deans returned the questionnaire. A follow-up study of 30% of the nonrespondents produced an inadequate return and did not permit comparison of respondents and nonrespondents. The data were summarized using frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Relationships were examined with one-way analyses of variance and Pearson correlation coefficients. The most commonly perceived factors impacting each type of school, the types of information sought for each factor, the ways information was channeled, the actions taken regarding each factor, and potential future actions were reported. Two one-way analyses of variance found no differences ∝= .05) among the types of schools in (a) the total amount of impact on the school of all the factors and (b) the total amount of influence over these factors felt by the dean of the school. Pearson correlation coefficients for total impact and the number of years the dean had been in office and total influence and the number of years the dean had been in office were not large enough to be statistically significant ∝= .05). Suggestions for research included studies of the information-processing and decision-making strategies of deans and comparative studies of information-processing and decision-making in schools of nursing and schools in other academic areas.en
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dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentix, 137 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49848en
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 17475438en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1987.D662en
dc.subject.lcshNursing schoolsen
dc.subject.lcshNursing studentsen
dc.subject.lcshNursing -- Study and teaching -- United Statesen
dc.titleEnvironmental conditions and their influence on information processing by deans in baccalaureate schools of nursingen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Administrationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameEd. D.en

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