Assessment of organizational culture types, leadership styles and their relationships within governmental and non-governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip of Palestine

Hatem H Alsaqqa,Çağdaş E Akyürek

doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06351-1

Abstract

BackgroundThe subjects of organizational culture and leadership have been studied several times in various fields. However, studies have tried to determine the relationship between corporate culture and leadership as it is still indistinguishable, or more evidence is needed. The paper describes the perceptions of the staffs about the hospitals’ organizational culture types and their managers’ leadership styles in these hospitals and the relationships that may exist between these domains.MethodThis is a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 400 participants from three governmental and two non-governmental hospitals during the period from June to December 2018. The target population included all categories of staff working at hospitals as physicians, nurses, paramedics and administrators.ResultsThe largest number of participants was 82.5 % from government hospitals while 17.5 % were from non-governmental hospitals. Clan and hierarchy-driven cultures were the top-defined forms of organizational culture at hospitals in the Gaza Strip. In all types of organizational culture, the non-governmental hospitals which all are small size hospitals have higher perceptions’ means than the governmental ones that have different sizes. Managers’ styles in the investigated hospitals were transformational and transactional. The study’s results showed significant positive associations by Pearson’s Correlations and effect by linear multiple regression analysis between styles of transformation and transactional leaderships and types of organizational cultures.Discussion and conclusionThe study addressing the main concepts showed positive relations and also impacts between two of the leadership styles and organizational culture types, apart from the Laissez-faire style. This paper has been successful in contributing to the research on this topic and providing indications for understanding certain domains of the hospital industry in Palestine.

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The subjects of organizational culture and leadership have been studied several times in various fields
As the purpose of this study is to assess critically the role of organizational culture (OC) types and its relations to the leadership styles at the governmental and non-governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip (GS), it is hoped that the study may contribute to understanding the role of OC, and how it may be affected by the styles of leadership
The study reveals that there was an agreement between the results of the dominated culture types and leadership styles

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The subjects of organizational culture and leadership have been studied several times in various fields. Studies have tried to determine the relationship between corporate culture and leadership as it is still indistinguishable, or more evidence is needed. The paper describes the perceptions of the staffs about the hospitals’ organizational culture types and their managers’ leadership styles in these hospitals and the relationships that may exist between these domains. Management and business literature are full of research on corporate culture and leadership. Clark et al [2] suggest that OC can be seen as a factor affecting the efficacy of an organization. This culture can be influenced and restructured by the firmly established corporate culture leader [3]. The selection and retention of managers who can affect constructively, is an essential mission for any organization

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