Effect of Spiritual Leadership Educational Program for Head Nurses on Staff Nurses Job Enjoyment

Saad Soliman Saad, Ehsan; A. KHalaaf, Dalia.; M. Elsayed, Samah

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.284882

Effect of Spiritual Leadership Educational Program for Head Nurses on Staff Nurses Job Enjoyment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.

² Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Egypt.

³ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2021.284882

Abstract

Background: Spiritual leadership is a sense of spiritual well-being that positively affects
organizational outcomes such as enjoyment of work which associated with enhancing work attitudes,
adaptability, and performance. Aim of the study: Assess spiritual leadership educational program
for head nurses and its effect on staff nurses' job enjoyment. Research Design: A quasi-
experimental design was used to achieve the aim of the present study. A quasi-experimental is an
empirical interventional study used to estimate the causal effect of an intervention on target
population without random assignment. Setting: The study was conducted at Benha University
Hospital in all departments and units. Sample: A convenient sample of 35 head nurses, and 320 out
from 1600 staff nurses. Tools of data collection: Data of the present study was collected by using
three tools , spiritual leadership knowledge questionnaire, spiritual leadership skills questionnaire
and job enjoyment questionnaire Results: Minority (6.3%) of studied head nurses had high
knowledge level at the preprogram phase while more than three quarters 82.5% & 79.3% at post
program and follow up study phases respectively, less than one quarter 16.3% of them had high
spiritual leadership skills level at preprogram phase while more than three quarters (85.5 % &
81.3%) of them at post program and follow up phases respectively. Minatory (6.0%) of the studied
staff nurses had a high enjoyment level at preprogram phase while near to three quarters (69. 4%:

%) of them had a high enjoyment level at the post program and follow up phases respectively.

Conclusion: It was concluded that spiritual leadership had positively statistically significant
correlated with job enjoyment. Recommendation: Hospital administration should conduct a training
program for different levels of nurse managers to promote spiritual leadership practices in their
organization

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