Relationship between transformational leadership and creative work involvement among clinical medical workers / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To examine the impact of transformational hospital leadership on clinical medical workers'creative work involvement.Methods From February to July 2016,826 clinical medical workers,including 359 doctors and 467 nurses, were randomly selected to complete a transformational leadership scale, a basic needs satisfaction scale and a creative work involvement scale.The data were analyzed using correlation analysis and structural equation model.Results Transformational leadership positively affected autonomy need satisfaction(β=0.40,P<0.001),competence need satisfaction(β=0.33, P<0.001),relatedness need satisfaction(β=0.81,P<0.001)and creative work involvement(β=0.64, P<0.001)respectively.All three needs satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and creative work involvement.Conclusions Hospital personnel department should launch leaderships training programs to promote transformational leadership,which in turn will meet high level of psychological needs of medical workers,thus encouraging their creative work involvement.