Effect of Head Nurses’ Workplace Polarity Management Educational Intervention on Their Coaching Behavior

Table 1

Personal characteristics of nursing staff (N = 312).

Personal characteristics data	Head nurses (n = 12)		Nurses (n = 300)
	No.	%	No.	%
Age group
<30	2	16.7	121	40.3
30–<40	5	41.7	108	36.0
40–<50	5	41.7	65	21.7
≥50	0	0.0	6	2.0
Range	23.0–48.0		19.0–55.0
M ± SD	39.17 ± 7.76		32.73 ± 8.47
Gender
Female	12	100.0	276	92.0
Male	0	0.0	24	8.0
Level of education
Post grad. studies	3	25.0	79	26.3
BSc. in nursing	6	50.0	127	42.3
Associate degree in nursing	3	25.0	94	31.3
Employment status
Full time	11	91.7	266	88.7
Part time	1	8.3	34	11.3
Years of experience in current unit
1–<10	3	25.0	136	45.3
10–<15	3	25.0	58	19.3
15–<20	1	8.3	69	23.0
≥20	5	41.7	37	12.3
Range	3.0–22.0		1.0–36.0
Mean ± SD	13.75 ± 7.28		10.81 ± 7.36

Note. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; N, total sample size; n, subsample.