Date of Award
2011
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Jaime B.Henning
Department Affiliation
Psychology
Abstract
The approximately two million residents in nursing homes are nearly totally dependent on the care they receive from the nursing homes' staff. The quality of care ranges from excellent to substandard, and the goal of this project is to understand how the top administrators' personality is related to the quality of the facility. Very little research has been done from an organizational psychology perspective on how to improve the care that residents receive in nursing homes. To help address this problem, I examined the relationship between administrator personality factors (measured by Predictive Index) and nursing home quality (measured by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five-Star Ratings). Administrators from 107 Florida nursing homes completed the Predictive Index, and these scores were correlated with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ratings. The factors of extraversion and patience were most strongly correlated with nursing home quality.
Copyright
Copyright 2011 Kelly Anne Osbaldiston
Recommended Citation
Osbaldiston, Kelly Anne, "Nursing Home Administrators' Personality And Nursing Home Quality: Correlations Between The Predictive Index And Cms Ratings" (2011). Online Theses and Dissertations. 17.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/17
