Aim: This study aimed to analyze different variables of graduate theses related to leadership conducted in the field of nursing in Turkish Universities. Material and Methods: This is a bibliometric and descriptive study. The search for the theses was carried out in May 2022 in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education using “leadership” and “nursing” as descriptors. Results: A total of 67 theses were identified. Most theses (45.83%) were published between 2017 and 2022. 66.67% of the theses were conducted at public universities. Almost all the theses were produced by the departments of nursing, nursing management, or nursing fundamentals and management. In most of the theses, the samples consisted of staff nurses. Quantitative approaches were used in all the theses and scales were the most used data collection instruments (56.25%). The most discussed topics were “leadership behaviors” (29.17%), “leadership styles” (20.83%), and “transformational leadership” (14.58%). Conclusion: It is suggested that leadership be more widely discussed by different nursing departments and in a greater number of doctoral theses, mainly through qualitative approaches. Nursing students should be considered more as research samples, as it is important to investigate future nurses’ opinions and knowledge about leadership.
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