Leadership styles run by nursing leaders’ working in Governmental hospitals of Kurdistan Region of Iraq
An evaluative study
Keywords:
nursing leaders’, leadership style, communicationAbstract
Objective: The study aims to evaluate leadership style among nursing leaders were working in the governmental hospitals in Kurdistan region /Iraq. Method: A quantitative design/a purposive sampling was conducted on a sample 55 nurses’ leader after taking their consent. Data collection was performed in governmental hospitals in Kurdistan region. the study tool was conducted questionnaire with method of data collecting all leader nurses of each city separately, Interviewing at the beginning, Email communication, Self-report, By telephone.The study participants were the nurse’s leader working at the governmental hospitals in Kurdistan region (Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Duhok and Halabja). There were 55 responses from a survey population of 55 (100% response rate). Results: The study has shown that the majority of nursing leaders in their hospitals are running their work in a democratic style of leadership where actually represented (77%) from their point of view. The rate of use of other types of leadership style by nursing leaders was 66% of autocratic style and 70% of delegative that used by the nursing leaders in the governmental hospitals in the Kurdistan region. Conclusions: The study has concluded that nursing leaders in our hospitals preferred the style of democratic leadership in their work environment.
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