An explorative and confirmative factor analysis of the Leadership and Management Inventory-II among staff working in elderly care

• PurposeThe Purpose of the study was to investigate the construct validity and internal consistency of the LaMI among staff in the context of elderly care in Sweden.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaire data from a longitudinal study of staff working in elderly care were used. Data were collected using the Leadership and Management Inventory. First data collection was for explorative factor analysis (n = 1,149), and the second collection, one year later, was for confirmatory factor analysis (n = 1,061).FindingsThe explorative factor analysis resulted in a two-factor solution that explained 70.2% of the total variance. Different models were tested in the confirmatory factor analysis. The final model, a two-factor solution where three items were omitted, showed acceptable results.Originality/valueThe instrument measures both leadership and management performance and can be used to continually measure managers’ performances as perceived by staff to identify areas for development.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Health leadership competencies; Leadership; Management; Nurses; Statistical analysis

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