The relationship between leadership style and leadership behavior of head nurses
SUN Xiu-na
LIU Fu-de
CHEN Chang-xiang
XING Yan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the relationship between leadership style and leadership behavior of head nurses. Methods Totaly nurses directed by 198 head nurses from 4 3A - level comprehensive hospitals in Shijiazhuang were investigated with questionnaires of nurse leadership style scale and hospital leadership behavior assessment scale. Results Nurses’perceptions on leadership style of head nurses were mostly transactional,head nurses leadership behaviors were less optimistic. The transformational leadership style of head nurses had a positively correlation on leadership behaviors(P ﹤ 0. 01). Conclusion Transac-tional and transformational leadership have positive influence on head nurses’ leadership behaviors,while transformational leadership is better than transactional leadership overall. The improvement of head nurses’ leadership style may effectively improve their leadership behavior.
Keywords：head nurseleadership styleleadership behaviornursing management
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 13-14,65 )