Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study

Abstract Background Today, scales are needed that define the cultural leadership characteristics of nurse managers and its dimensions. Objective The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool to determine the cultural leadership levels of nurse managers based on the evaluat...

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Main Authors: Kadriye Özkol Kılınç, Havva Öztürk
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Published: BMC 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03215-5
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description Abstract Background Today, scales are needed that define the cultural leadership characteristics of nurse managers and its dimensions. Objective The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool to determine the cultural leadership levels of nurse managers based on the evaluation of nurses. Methods This methodological study included 50 nurses for the pilot study, 355 nurses for the principal component analysis, 258 nurses for the confirmatory factor analysis, and 50 nurses for the re-test. The data were collected using the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N) and the Value-Based Leadership Scale (VBLS). Results The content validity index of the draft CLS-N was 0.77. According to the principal component analysis, the scale was formed with 23 items and four subscales, and the subscales accounted for 77.07% of the total variance of the scale. The fit indices of the CFA had a good or acceptable level for this construct. The Cronbach’s Alpha values for the overall scale and its subscales ranged from 0.863 to 0.952, while the item-total correlation values ranged from 0.571 to 0.743. The re-test indicated that the scale had temporal stability and the correlation values related to similar scale validity were high and significant. Conclusion The Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing is a valid and reliable tool to assess the cultural leadership levels of nurse managers. Clinical trial number Not applicable.
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spelling doaj-art-8bc52f3919fe46c28d8d41b602c538ac2025-08-20T03:45:48ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552025-07-0124111010.1186/s12912-025-03215-5Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological studyKadriye Özkol Kılınç0Havva Öztürk1Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical UniversityDepartment of Nursing Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical UniversityAbstract Background Today, scales are needed that define the cultural leadership characteristics of nurse managers and its dimensions. Objective The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool to determine the cultural leadership levels of nurse managers based on the evaluation of nurses. Methods This methodological study included 50 nurses for the pilot study, 355 nurses for the principal component analysis, 258 nurses for the confirmatory factor analysis, and 50 nurses for the re-test. The data were collected using the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N) and the Value-Based Leadership Scale (VBLS). Results The content validity index of the draft CLS-N was 0.77. According to the principal component analysis, the scale was formed with 23 items and four subscales, and the subscales accounted for 77.07% of the total variance of the scale. The fit indices of the CFA had a good or acceptable level for this construct. The Cronbach’s Alpha values for the overall scale and its subscales ranged from 0.863 to 0.952, while the item-total correlation values ranged from 0.571 to 0.743. The re-test indicated that the scale had temporal stability and the correlation values related to similar scale validity were high and significant. Conclusion The Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing is a valid and reliable tool to assess the cultural leadership levels of nurse managers. Clinical trial number Not applicable.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03215-5HospitalsLeadershipNursesNursingOrganisational culture
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Havva Öztürk
Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
BMC Nursing
Hospitals
Leadership
Nurses
Nursing
Organisational culture
title Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
title_full Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
title_fullStr Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
title_full_unstemmed Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
title_short Development and validation of the Cultural Leadership Scale in Nursing (CLS-N): a methodological study
title_sort development and validation of the cultural leadership scale in nursing cls n a methodological study
topic Hospitals
Leadership
Nurses
Nursing
Organisational culture
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03215-5
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