A Study of Transformational Leadership Characteristics and Training Program Evaluation for Nursing Managers in a District Teaching Hospital

• Main Authors: Shin-Ju Lu, 呂欣茹
• Other Authors: Li-Chuan Shian Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1999
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42090611556334469280

碩士 === 國防醫學院 === 護理研究所 === 87 === The goal of present research is to identify transformational leadership proposed by Bernard Bass in 1985, which is possessed by Taiwanese nursing managers or not? And to verify the effectiveness of transformational leadership training program by utilizing practical evidence . In order to identify Taiwanese nursing managers characteristics, 408 nursing staffs as were recruited. By principle factor method as well as varimax method to conduct orthogonal rotation analysis from the data collected by Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. The result shows that Taiwanese nursing supervisors possess characteristics of transformational leadership. A Quasi-experiment was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of transformational leadership training. Two district teaching hospitals were selected to be the experiment and control group respectably, and the research sample consisted of 22 nursing department heads (10:experimental group; 12:control group), and 140 nursing staffs (69: experimental group; 71:control group). Applying transformational leadership training to those nursing department heads belonging to experimental group. After 3 months of practical test, the nursing staffs were satisfied with in Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and The Index of Work Satisfaction to assess their department heads. SPSS and STATA software were used to examine data collected above questionnaire. The results showed s as below: 1.The transformational leadership training raised the frequency of transformational leadership that behaved by nursing department heads. 2.The transformational leadership training encouraged nursing department heads to inspire their staff more frequently than control group. 3.The transformational leadership apparently enhance nursing staffs’ job satisfaction in hygiene factors such as pay and nursing interaction. Nonetheless, effected minor in profession status, doctor-nurse relationship, task require- ment, autonomy and hospital policies. Result from our study demonstrated that Taiwanese nursing managers possessed transformational leadership. Through systematic training and learning by transformational leadership training, nursing managers can enhance the frequency of transformational leadership behaviors and inspiring their staffs and improve their staffs’ job satisfaction.