study of nurses' job satisfaction and motivate the relationship to nurse managers' leadership style

ABSTRACT

A leader's behavior or leadership style may influence the subordinates' level of job satisfaction; many studies concluded that effective leadership is associated with better individual and organizational performance. Recently, it has been shown that successful leadership is the result of the interaction between leaders and their subordinated in a particular organization situation, additionally, it was found that the employees' immediate supervisor had more impact on the employee than overall company policies or procedures. Leadership is the use of one's skills to influence others to perform the best of their ability. In an attempt to answer the question" Is there a relationship between the nurse manager's leadership style and the nurses' job satisfaction and motivation to work?" This study was conducted aiming at investigating the relationship between the nurse managers' leadership styles and the nurses' job satisfaction and motivation to work. Sample size was 41 nurse managers and 306 nurses chosen from four educational hospitals. Finding of the study indicated that the majority of the nurse managers [85.4%] adopted mixed leadership style, and the highest percent of the nurses were job dissatisfaction and motivated, with no significant relationship between leadership style and job satisfaction and motivation. Monitoring the work climate, is recommended to identify factors that may increase or decrease job satisfaction