Effect of Leadership Styles on Job Satisfaction among Nurses at a Military Hospital | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 20, Issue 2, July 2024, Pages 373-384 PDF (535.51 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2024.384630 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Afnan Mohamed Mahmoud1; Abou Bakr Farrag2; Eman Shokry Abdallah3; Safia Gomaa Mohammed4 | ||
| 1B.Sc. Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Assiut University, | ||
| 2Professor of Preventive, Social and Occupational Medicine Military Medical Academy | ||
| 3Professor of Community Health Nursing & Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Zagazig University | ||
| 4Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of nursing - Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nurses behavior is the conclusion of effective leadership, appropriate leadership styles as the transformational leadership styles create appropriate work environment, which affective positively on job satisfaction. Aim of the study: Investigate the effect of leadership styles on job satisfaction among nurses at a Military Hospital. Subjects and Methods; Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Setting: The study conducted at the Military hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of (100) nurses at the Military hospital. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used in the present study; TooI I: Interview questionnaire sheet, Tool II: Multifactor Leadership Style Questionnaire and Tool III: Job Satisfaction Survey Questionnaire for Staff nurses. Results: The present study results revealed that 60% and 28% of the studied nurses had high transformational and transactional leadership respectively while only 12% of them had high laissez-faire leadership. 61% of the studied nurses were totally satisfied while 28% of them were totally ambivalence and 11% of them were totally unsatisfied. There is a highly significant statistically positive correlation between the studied nurses` total transformational leadership style and their total job satisfaction, promotion, supervision and communication satisfaction at (p<0.01). Conclusion: There was a positive statistically significant correlation between total of job satisfaction and transformational leadership style among the studied nurses. Recommendations: Training program is recommended for staff nurses to increase their awareness and conducting further similar studies on large sample. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Job Satisfaction; Leadership Styles; Military Hospital; Nurses | ||
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