Designing and psychometric evaluation of the nursing instructors clinical leadership style scale (CLSS): a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective leadership in clinical nursing education is crucial for shaping competent practitioners and ensuring quality patient care. Despite its importance, there is no psychometrically validated instrument specifically designed to assess leadership styles in this context. This study aimed to develop and validate the Clinical Leadership Style Scale (CLSS), a tool for measuring leadership styles in clinical nursing education.

Methods

A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design was employed with Iranian participants in three phases. Initial item generation was informed by a systematic review (25 articles, 1974-2024) and qualitative content analysis of interviews with 11 stakeholders (faculty, students, administrators). An initial pool of 57 items was created based

SUBMITTER: Pouralizadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12333311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature