Relationship between transformational leadership and creative work involvement among clinical medical workers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2018.03.012
- VernacularTitle:变革型领导风格与临床医务人员创新实践投入关系研究
- Author:
Leigang ZHANG
1
;
Tingting JIN
Author Information
1. 312000,绍兴文理学院教师教育学院
- Keywords:
Organization and administration;
Personnel administration;
hospital;
Transformational leadership;
Basic needs;
Creative work involvement
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2018;34(3):217-220
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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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.