Transformational Leadership Skills among Nursing Managers

Abstract

Background: Transformational leadership is an influential element in achieving the quality of nursing care. Transformational nursing leaders are a source of inspiration to nurses through their commitment for their healthcare organizations. Transformational nursing managers' insistence to a mission and willingness to take risks along with a strong desire to achieve and drives healthcare organizations to success. Purpose: To identify the level of nursing managers' transformational leadership skills. Methods: A descriptive research design was used. The study was conducted in Menoufia University Hospitals. A convenience sample of sixty two nursing managers constituted the study sample. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) Form 6S was used to identify the transformational leadership skills among nursing managers. Results: Nursing managers in the hospital setting showed low level (27.7 ±3.1) of transformational leadership skills. The highest mean score was for individual consideration dimension whereas the lowest mean score was for Laissez-faire leadership dimension Conclusion: In-service training program about transformational leadership skills for nursing managers is needed to improve Laissez-faire leadership that increase their insistence to hospitals' mission and desire for success.