Leadership, Paternalistic Leadership & Staff Nurses perception

Eldesouky Ahmed, Mozna; Mahmoud Hassan, Rabab; Atef Khalaaf, Dalia

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.454869

Leadership, Paternalistic Leadership & Staff Nurses perception

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ *BSC of Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Ain-shams University

² **Professor of Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing -Ain Shams University

³ ***Assistant professor of Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing Ain-Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2025.454869

Abstract

Background: Effective leadership is very important to each organization for its success, but considered as an asset for the agency they belong to. Paternalistic leadership is one of the advanced leadership styles deriving from a specific cultural context and combines strong discipline and authority with fatherly benevolent and moral integrity. Aim: This study aimed to assess staff nurses perception regarding paternalistic leadership. Research design: Descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study. Sample: The study sample consisted of 161 out from 274 staff nurses. Setting: The study was conducted at El Sadat central hospital which affiliated to Ministry of health, Egypt. Tool of data collection: Data were collected by using, Paternalistic Leadership Scale. Results: 77%of the studied staff nurses had high perception level regarding paternalistic leadership, while 11.2% of them had low perception level regarding paternalistic leadership. Also, 80.7%, 76.4% and 75.8% had high perception level regarding " Moral Leadership:", " Benevolent Leadership" and " Authoritarian Leadership” respectively. Conclusion: more than three quarters of the staff nurses had high perception regarding paternalistic leadership. Recommendations: Provide nursing education programs to prepare the new and inexperienced nursing managers to raise their perception about paternalistic leadership style. Cultivating an environment where staff nurses feel valued, respected, and empowered by encouraging them to engage in decision-making and activities that support nursing decisions.

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