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Evaluation of Nurse Managers’ Use of Employee Empowerment as Motivator to their Subordinate at Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu

Ude CC, Nwaneri AC, Ezenduka PN, Okorokwo I and Ndie EC

The study aimed at identifying how nurses perceive the use of employee empowerment strategy by their managers as a motivator to their subordinates at Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu. Descriptive survey research design was used. Questionnaire was used as instrument of data collection. 235 nurses participated in the study. 100 (42.6%) respondents said subordinates are sometimes giving recommendation 92 (39.1%) respondents said subordinate are never allowed to further their study, with Mean 3 + P. value=0.000.

The findings showed that nurse managers do not use employee empowerment as strategy for motivating nurses under them. It was recommended that educational programmes be organized for nurses to enable them to understand the use of employee empowerment as strategies for staff motivation.