Background: Leaders of organizations are battling to improve workers’ innovative work practices and to establish a conducive work environment for innovation. Aim of the Study: Investigating the influence of head nurses’ leadership behavior on staff nurses’ innovative behavior Design: A cross-sectional analytic research design was used. Subjects and Methods: Setting: The study was conducted at Om El Masryeen general Hospital that affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Population and located in Giza governorate. Size: the subjects composed of two groups; 42 head nurses and (140) staff nurses. Tools of data collection: Two different tools, one for the head, assistants &staff nurses’(perception of multifactor Leadership behavior questionnaire), and innovtive work behavior questionnaire)for staff nurses. Results: Studied head nurses and staff nurses had Transformational Inspirational Motivation (95.2%, 100%) respectively. 97.6% the heads perceived having contingent reward transactional while 90.7% of the staff nurses perceived transactional Management by Exception. Also, innovative activities of the studied head nurse and perceived ones by staff nurses included having new ideas for improvement (73.8% & 34.3). Conclusion: A statistically significant association between head nurses’ leadership outcomes, leadership behavior except their active and passive Management by Exception and Laissez-Faire leadership behavior and staff nurses’ perception of ’ innovative total behaviors and Recommendation: A collaborative approach is needed to employ the most effective leadership behaviors to foster and encourage innovation and include innovation-related training opportunities in nursing.
Ali Ahmed Saied, S., Faisal Fakhry, S., & Fathy Saad, N. (2024). Head Nurses’ Leadership Behavior and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Innovative Behavior. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 15(4), 391-405. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.387342
MLA
Sabah Ali Ahmed Saied; Samah Faisal Fakhry; Nema Fathy Saad. "Head Nurses’ Leadership Behavior and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Innovative Behavior". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 15, 4, 2024, 391-405. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.387342
HARVARD
Ali Ahmed Saied, S., Faisal Fakhry, S., Fathy Saad, N. (2024). 'Head Nurses’ Leadership Behavior and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Innovative Behavior', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 15(4), pp. 391-405. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.387342
VANCOUVER
Ali Ahmed Saied, S., Faisal Fakhry, S., Fathy Saad, N. Head Nurses’ Leadership Behavior and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Innovative Behavior. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2024; 15(4): 391-405. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.387342
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