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These statistics suggested that the respondents reflect the
population of lowa hospital CEOs relative to gender and hospital setting.
Table 3 indicates that a representative sample of lowa hospital CEOs
responded to the survey. Note that 22.6% of the respondents were
female and 23.3% of all lowa hospitals CEOs are female. The hospital
settings of the responding CEOs were also a representative sample of the
current split of hospital settings in lowa. A chi-square goodness of fit
revealed that there is no significant difference between the sample group
and the general population of lowa hospital CEOs. The gender sample
was highly associated with the gender distribution in the total population (p
= .8832). The hospital setting sample was also highly associated with the
hospital setting distribution in the state (p = .5225). Note that the total
number of lowa hospitals did not directly equate to the total number of
lowa hospital CEOs because there were some individual CEOs who have
served in that capacity for more than one hospital.
The 290 associate respondents who completed the MLQ included
209 individuals (72%) at a lower organizational level than the CEO; 38
individuals (1 3.1%) at a higher level than the CEO; 26 individuals (9%) at
the same level; and 17 individuals (5%) at an unknown level or who chose
not to reveal their level (Table 4). Demographically, the CEOs' mean
years of experience was reported to be 11.33 years with a S.D. of 8.65.
The mean reported age was 49.32, with a S.D. of 7.50. The leaders