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June 10, 2026BMC NursingOpen Access

Exploring the career trajectories of male nursing leaders: a qualitative study on leadership acquisition

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LLLongcha LiuWPWenjun PanZDZhenjie Dai

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Qualitative study explores key enablers for male nurses' leadership progression, suggesting mentorship and planning improvements.

Key Points

  • This qualitative study examines how male nursing managers advance in leadership roles despite a female-dominated field.
  • Descriptive phenomenological approach employed to analyze semi-structured interviews.
  • Participants included 10 nursing managers from a high-tier hospital in China, recruited through purposive sampling.
  • Data analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method for descriptive phenomenology.
  • Identified four core themes facilitating career progression: career planning, clinical expertise, mentor support, and navigating gender roles.
  • Ten subthemes highlight strategies for achieving leadership, including mentorship benefits and balancing visibility with legitimacy.
  • Findings suggest institutional changes are necessary to support male nurse leaders in diverse workplaces.

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Liu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2900266f82f25be989cd96https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-026-04862-y
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