Influence of leadership styles of nurse’ managers on their organizational performance and commitments during the COVID-19 in Punjab, Pakistan
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influence, leadership styles, organizational performance, commitmentsAbstract
Background: The pandemic Covid-19 has very impacted the physical, psychological and emotional well-being of the nurses which were directly linked with their performance. The objective of the study was to assess the relationship between the leadership styles of nurse’ managers and their adherence with the organizational commitments and performance during the Covid-19 in Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: The nature of study was cross sectional and quantitative. The study was conducted in five public hospital located in District Lahore, Punjab i.e. Jinnah Hospital, General Hospital, Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Services Hospital and Lady Willingdon Hospital. The participants of the study were nurses who have performed their duty in the Covid-19 ward. Out of 755 nurses, 200 nurses were selected for the interview through convenient sampling technique. The researchers used well-structured research instruments to interview the participants. The collected data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 26. The descriptive analysis was employed to measure the demographic characteristics of the participants. T-test and one-way ANOVA were also applied to observe the differences among the variables. At the end, Pearson’s Correlation (bi-variate) were used to measure the extent of relationship between the leadership styles and nurse’ organizational commitments.
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