Effects of Head Nurses’ Leadership Behaviors and Social Intelligence on Staff Nurses’ Job Involvement
Sahar Hassan Helaly, Atallah Alenezi, Hanan Elsaid Elsabahy, Manal Saleh Moustafa Saleh
Abstract
Background: Actual leadership is vital for each organization, and leadership behavior is anessential variable that has significant influence on the success of any organization. Staff nurses withhigher perception of leadership behavior, social intelligence, and job involvement are motivated,display good performances at work, and devote themselves to their work and organization.Aim:This study was designed to explore the effects of head nurses’ leadership behaviors and socialintelligence on staff nurses’ job involvement. Design:A descriptive correlational design wasadopted. Setting: This study involved a convenience sample of 256 staff nurses who wereresponsible for providing nursing care for patients at the Main Mansoura University Hospital.Tool:Data were collected using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), SocialIntelligence Questionnaire, and Work Involvement Scale. Results:Most staff nurses had a moderatelevel of leadership style, social intelligence, and job involvement. A statistically significant positiverelationship was observed between nurses’ insight of social intelligence and transformational style.Moreover,leadership outcomes have a statistically significant relationship with social intelligence.Conclusion:Nurses, who have good leadership style, will have higher social intelligence and bemore involved in their work. Recommendations:Workshops and training programs should beprovided in areas concerned with social behavior at work to increase the consciousness of nurses onhow to grow their social intelligence and job involvement.