Table 3.

Factors influencing professionalism among nurse educators

Domain	Code	Factor level	Emerged factors
			Positive	Negative
Physical/structural policy components	1A	Micro (Individual factors)	No factor emerged	Physical characteristics of educators
	1B	Meso (Organizational factors)	Rules and regulations Monitoring/supervision Institute having postgraduate/PhD programs Parental hospital Work autonomy	Lack of resources High work burden Poor salary structure Management policies
	1C	Macro (External factors)	Accreditation bodies Technological advancements. Monitoring	Privatization Mushrooming of nursing educational institutions Poor implementation of policies Poor infrastructure of government hospitals.
Cognitive/psycho/social/cultural components	2A	Micro (Individual factors)	Desire for professional recognition/gain Personal characteristics; interests, personality traits, etc.	Lack interest. Brain drains
	2B	Meso (Organizational factors)	Professional culture of organization Professional mentor Performance evaluation	Management attitude Incompetent colleague Unprofessional culture of organization Student’s characteristics Lack of discipline sloppy academic behavior Irregularity or poor attendance Male students
	2C	Macro (External factors)	No factor emerged	No factor emerged
Professional/occupational components	3A	Micro (Individual factors)	Participation in conferences/workshops Research publication Pursue higher education College of degree attainment and teachers	Poor professional knowledge of nurse educators
	3B	Meso (Organizational factors)	Privatization of nursing education	Non-availability of professional up-gradation program
	3C	Macro (External factors)	Advancement of other professions Philosophy of the nursing profession	External professional environment Poor quality of conferences/workshops