Leadership styles of head nurses in Assiut hospitals and their effects on their subordinates

ABSTRACT

This study included seventy-two head nurses and one hundred and four staff nurses [subordinates] working at the three main hospitals in Assiut city. The objective of the study was to determine the leadership styles of head nurses and assess the effect of these leadership styles on the motivation of their subordinates. Two suitable questionnaire were used to collect data via questionnaire interviews. The study proved that mixed styles of leadership had a positive motivational effect on subordinates than the autocratic style of leadership