Span of Control Indicators and Leadership Styles among Head Nurses | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 36, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2018, Page 523-547 PDF (180.43 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.206603 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Eman Habib Mohamed1; Mona Mostafa Shazly2; Heba Ali Hassan3 | ||||
1B.Sc of Nursing- Nursing Administration Department- Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University | ||||
2Professor and head of Nursing Administration - Nursing Administration Department- Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University | ||||
3Lecturer of Nursing Administration - Nursing Administration Department- Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Span of control plays an important role in health organizations and has implications for organizational structure. In addition leadership styles are sets or clusters of behaviors used in the process of effecting leadership. Aim: This study aimed to assess span of control indicators and leadership styles among head nurses. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used. Settings: The study conducted at Ain-Shams University Hospitals where the study subjects worked. Subjects included (98) head nurses and (210) staff nurses. Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using two tools Span of Control Indicators Questionnaire and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. Results: the majority of head nurses uses individual consideration dimension of transformational leadership style while, the majority of staff nurses asserted that head nurses uses management by exception (active) dimension of transactional leadership style. Conclusion: There was statistically significant relation between head nurses' span of control and the item of extra effort outcomes of leadership. Recommendations: providing continuing education through attending conferences and workshops to head nurses about leadership and span of control and how to deal with problems according to organizational hierarchy and conducting further study to discuss the factors that affecting leadership styles and span of control. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
span of control; leadership styles; head nurses | ||||
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