The Influence of Nurse Managers' Leadership Practices and Organizational Characteristics on Staff Nurses' Innovation: A Comparative Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Noteworthy, Nurse Managers have a key contribution for staff nurses' performance. Among the most crucial nurse managers' leadership practices is to construct an environment that upholds nurses' creativity, since their innovation behaviors is essential to provide get better health care. Aim of this study was to compare the influence of nurse managers' leadership practice and, organizational characteristics on staff nurses' innovation behavior at EL-Mogamaa EL-Tepee Hospital and Sidi-Salem Hospital. Method: Descriptive, comparative through cross-sectional study design was adopted. The study was conducted at EL-Mogamaa EL-Tepee Hospital affiliated to Health Insurance and Sidi-Salem Hospital affiliated to Ministry of Health and Population. All available staff nurses working at EL-Mogamaa EL-Tepee Hospital (n=148) and Sidi-Salem Hospital (n=200) was included in this study. Structured questionnaire sheet was used to collect data regarding staff nurses' characteristics data; leadership practices inventory to measure nurse managers' leadership practices; Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Inventory to assess work environment characteristics; and staff nurses' innovation behavior. Results: Staff nurses' viewed their nurse managers' five leadership practices as a high frequency at ElMogamaa El-Tepy Hospital, while medium level at Sidi-Salem Hospital with the emphasize on enabling others to act behavior. At El-Mogamaa El-Tepy Hospital, staff nurses perceived management support as the highest organizational characteristics compared to work discretion at Sidi-Salem Hospital. Staff nurses' innovative behavior at El-Mogamaa El-Tepy Hospital was higher than Sidi-Salem Hospital. Staff nurses' innovation behavior had statistically significant favorable correlations with their years of experience in the current position, age, all organizational characteristics, creative efficacy, and proactivity at both hospitals. Conclusion: There were significant influences of nurse managers' leadership practices, staff nurses' personal and organizational characteristics on their innovative behavior. Thus, building constructive work practice environment with supportive management, promoting thinking with offering time and freedom, and motivating good performance to enhance for staff nurses' innovative behaviors are necessary.
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Reda Abd El-Fatah Said Ahmed Abo Gad
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