Correlations between transformational leadership behaviors and nurses' performance for goal attainment among clinical nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand nurses'perceived transformational leadership behaviors of head nurses, and to survey the status quo of transformational leadership behaviors of head nurses and nurses' performance for goal attainment, to explore the relationship between transformational leadership behaviors of head nurses and nurses'performance for goal attainment. Methods A total of 450 clinical nurses from six 3A hospitals were chosen as the research objects, the nurse general information questionnaire, the transformational leadership questionnaire and nurse's performance for goal attainment scale were used to analyze the status. SPSS17.0 was conducted to sort and analyze data. Results (1)The total score of nurses' perceived transformational leadership behaviors of head nurses was 114.74 ± 18.66,and moral modeling score was significantly higher in 4 dimensions. The total score of nurses'performance for goal attainment was 172.87 ± 25.96, autonomous decision-making score was significantly higher in 7 dimensions.(2)There was a positive correlation relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and each dimension of nurses'performance for goal attainment (r=0.393, P<0.01). Conclusions The results show that the nurses'performance for goal attainment can be positive predict by transformational leadership behaviors. Nursing managers should fully play the positive role of transformational leadership behavior so as to improve nurses'performance for goal attainment.