Evaluation of Leadership Competencies among Nurse Managers

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims at assessing the level of leadership competencies and finding the significant differences in these competencies with regard to nurse managers’ age, gender, qualification, and years of experience. Materials and methods: A descriptive analytical study design that is initiated for the period of October 1st 2021 to June 1st, 2022. The sample of the study includes 260 nurse managers was selected by convenient sampling method (non-probability sample). The setting of the study includes the teaching hospitals in Baghdad city. The Leadership Competencies Scale was used in this study, which comprised of 26 items distributed on four dimensions: 5 items for Leading Change; 7 items for leading nurses; 6 items for Results Driven; 5 items for Communications. The data have been collected through the utilization of the self-administrative report as a mean of data collection. Statistical analyses were conducted by using statistical package for social science (IBM SPSS Statistics) version 26.0. Results: The study found that nurse managers show good competencies regarding leadership of change style (M±SD= 21.23±2.664), show good competencies regarding subordinate leadership style (M±SD= 29.61±3.863), show good competencies regarding focus on result style (M±SD= 25.31±3.075), and show good competencies regarding leadership of communication style (M±SD= 21.60±2.491). No significant differences have been reported in leadership competencies with regard to nurse managers’ age, gender, qualification, and years of experience. Conclusions: Based on the study finding, the study concludes that nurse mangers are showing good leadership competencies regarding leadership style of change, subordinate style, results-focused, and communication based style. Recommendations: The study is recommended for conducting a study to explore the influence of leadership management on subordinates job satisfaction and patients’ satisfaction in health care setting.