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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022 Dec 23;49(3):166–173. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.12.007

Table 1.

Respondent Demographics and Local Leadership (LL) Cronbach’s α

N LL Cronbach’s α % of Total
Role (N = 16,672) Administrator 807 0.920 4.8
Administrative Support 1,961 0.937 11.8
Clinical Social Worker 129 0.916 0.8
Clinical Support 635 0.942 3.8
Dietitian 93 0.938 0.6
Environmental Support 350 0.927 2.1
Nurse 4,555 0.944 27.3
Nurse’s Aide 672 0.933 4.0
Other 2,877 0.939 16.9
Other Manager 482 0.938 2.9
Pharmacist 240 0.951 1.4
Physician Assistant 110 0.941 0.7
Attending/Staff Physician 401 0.930 2.4
Resident Physician 42 0.961 0.3
Technician 939 0.947 5.6
Technologist 1,134 0.935 6.8
Therapist 742 0.937 4.5
Role Missing 562 0.944 3.4
Shift Length 8 hours 8,462 0.939 50.8
10 hours 1,351 0.947 8.1
12 hours 4,320 0.941 25.9
Flexible 968 0.942 5.8
Other 1,342 0.940 8.0
Missing 229 0.960 1.4
Shift Days 11,678 0.942 70.0
Nights 2,447 0.936 14.7
Swing 877 0.937 5.3
Other 1,351 0.941 8.1
Missing 319 0.952 1.9
Years in Specialty Less than 6 months 661 0.913 4.0
6–11 months 872 0.924 5.2
1–2 years 1,777 0.928 10.7
3–4 years 2,059 0.934 12.4
5–10 years 3,627 0.943 21.8
11–20 years 3,963 0.946 23.8
21 or more years 3,447 0.946 20.7
Missing 266 0.944 1.6