Author Question: To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses who get their work finished on ... (Read 98 times)

Yi-Chen · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

To decrease overtime, the manager of a surgical unit offers nurses who get their work finished on time for an entire 2-month period an extra day off with pay at regular time. What is this an example of?

A) Bribing nurses
B) Quantum leadership
C) Principal agent theory
D) Servant leadership

Question 2

A memo sent to the unit nurse manager reads that beginning next week, all nursing staff will be expected to conform to a new dress code selected by the hospital board of directors.

The nurse manager understands that she needs to use her positional power to trigger a(n) ____. a. Automatic change cycle
b. Directive change cycle
c. Participative change cycle
d. Positional change cycle

helenmarkerine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B
A directive change cycle occurs when a change is imposed by some external force. Position power is used to trigger group behavior, individual behavior, attitudes, and knowledge change (Hersey et al., 2008).