Staff Nurses’ Perception toward Leadership Effectiveness and Its Relation to Innovative Work Behavior at selected hospital

Abstract

Background: In recent years, innovation is considered necessary for organizations to adapt to the changing environment and increase need for effective nurse leader for enhancing leadership qualities, supportive work environment that is critical for staff nurses innovation. The study aimed to: assess staff nurses‘ perception toward leadership effectiveness and its relation to innovative work behavior. Design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: the study was conducted in all ICUs at emergency hospital which is affiliated to Cairo University Hospitals. Subjects: A convenience sample of 73 staff nurses who volunteered to participate in this study was included. Tools: three tools were used for data collection as follows: (a) personal characteristics sheet (b) Leadership Effectiveness Questionnaire, (c) Innovative Work Behavior Questionnaire. Results: the study results revealed that more than half (61.6%) of staff nurses had high perception level regarding leadership effectiveness. also the highest percentage (76.7%) of them had high perception level regarding innovative work behavior. Conclusions: data of the present study concluded that there was statistically significant positive correlation between overall perception of leadership effectiveness and innovative work behavior of staff nurses. Recommendations: Raise the nursing leaders‘ awareness regarding their role in building trust relationships with their followers and in creating healthy work environment that enhance their innovations.