J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2010 Sep;16(3):336-347.

The Effect of Head Nurse's Emotional Leadership on Nurse's Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment

• Kim MH
• Jung MS

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.

Keyword

Emotional Leadership; Job Satisfaction; Organizational Commitment

MeSH Terms

Head
Hospitals, General
Job Satisfaction
Leadership
Marital Status
Statistics as Topic

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