The Effect of Head Nurse's Emotional Leadership on Nurse's Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment.
10.11111/jkana.2010.16.3.336
- Author:
Myeong Hwa KIM
1
;
Myun Sook JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Daewoo General Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Emotional Leadership;
Job Satisfaction;
Organizational Commitment
- MeSH:
Head;
Hospitals, General;
Job Satisfaction;
Leadership;
Marital Status;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2010;16(3):336-347
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of head nurse's emotional leadership on nurse's job satisfaction & organizational commitment. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 385 nurses from four general hospitals and one university hospital. SPSS WIN 14.0 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to examine the influences of research variables. The variable which predict nurse's job satisfaction were head nurse's emotional leadership (F=76.027, p<.01, adjusted R square=.166). The variables which predict organizational commitment were emotional leadership (F=27.839, p<.01, adjusted R square=.066), marital status (F=20.928, p<.01 adjusted R square=.03), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: As a result of this study, head nurse's emotional leadership was defined as a important influential on both job satisfaction and organizational commitment of nurses. Therefore, it is needed to develop education programs for activating head nurse's emotional leadership.
