Leader empowerment behavior and its effect on nurses empowerment and job satisfaction

ABSTRACT

In challenging working environment, one way to empower staff is to allow them to make decisions about their tasks of care delivery or get them involved in a participative way. These management practices not only enhance the contributions or productivity of nurses in an effective manner but also enable nurses to exercise their autonomy, to sense their value of work and satisfaction. Empowerment is the interactive process of building, developing and increasing a person's ability to set and attain goals. Employee empowerment may be influenced by the perception that the organization cares about its employees' wellbeing and that their work is valued. Empowering nurses may increase job satisfaction and improve patient care. Leadership style and empowerment influence job satisfaction among workers. Transformational leadership processes have also been suggested to enhance followers' work-oriented values and shape the self-efficacies of followers. Transformational leadership is viewed as an interactive relationship based on trust that impacts positively on the leader and employees. Is to explore the relation between Leaders Empowerment behavior and Its Effect on Nurses Empowerment and Job Satisfaction in two hospitals [Shebin Elkom University Hospital and Alhelal Insurance Hospital units. This study descriptive comparative study has included 97 staff nurses working and 57 head nurses in two hospitals. Measure empowering leader behavior utilizing Leader questionnaire Empowerment Motivation for employees, Measure job satisfaction for staff nurses utilizing Work Quality Index and measure empowerment for staff nurses utilizing Psychological Empowerment questionnaire sheet. The majority of specialty units staff nurses at Shebin El Kom University Hospitals and El helal Hospital perceived level of empowerment. A positive, moderate correlation was found between job satisfaction of registered staff nurses and their leaders Empowerment Behavior. Leaders empowering and motivating were positively related to job satisfaction, as was empowerment. Staff nurses perceived their leaders' behaviors to be somewhat empowering and their work environment to be moderately empowering. Leader empowering behaviors had an indirect effect on satisfaction through structural empowerment. It is recommended to direct leader how to empowering and motivation for staff nurses to empowerment and job satisfaction. Designing interventions that allow for the relative influence of leadership style as well as empowerment on varying classifications of nursing personnel may be a more effective strategy and have a greater effect on staff attitudes and behaviors