Organizational Support and Leader Member Exchange as Perceived by Staff Nurses

Document Type : Original Article

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Nursing administration department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University.

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Background: Supporting employees in health care sectors playes an important role as
employees are the backbone of the hospital .This support from organization or supervisor
will help achieving both organizational and employees goals. Aim of the study: assess the
relationship between organizational support and leader member exchange. Design: A
descriptive correlational design was used in carrying out the study. Setting: The study was
conducted at Menoufia University Specialized Hospital which affiliated to Menoufia
University hospitals. Subjects: (219) staff nurses out of (500) who were eligible to
participate in this study using simple random sample technique. Tools: organizational
support questionnaire and leader member exchange questionnaire. Results: Majority of
staff nurses had low perception toward organizational support and sixty percent of staff
nurses had moderate perception toward leader member exchange. Conclusions: About more
than three quarters of staff nurses had low perception regarding organizational support, less
than two thirds of staff nurses had moderate perception toward leader member exchange and
there is a statistically positive correlation between organizational support and leader member
exchange. Recommendations: hospital manager have to Consider employees values,
interests and discuss staff complains and problems, recognize and appreciate the creative
ideas and support it , Conduct an orientation programs to newly staff to explain their rights
and responsibilities , the hospital mission and objectives .

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