Relationship between authentic leadership style and staff nurse’s loyalty

Abstract

Background Nowadays, achievement of staff nurse’s loyalty is a critical problem that worries health organization and head nurses. Several ways are proposed to solve this problem, through improving leadership styles, especially authentic style. Aim To assess the relationship between authentic leadership style and staff nurse’s loyalty. Design A descriptive correlational design was used. Setting The study was conducted at New Kasr El-Aini University Hospital, Cairo University, Egypt. Patients A convenient sample of 200 staff nurses was selected to participate in the study. Tools Two tools were used: (a) staff nurses’ loyalty questionnaire and (b) authentic leadership style questionnaire. Results The current study revealed that staff nurses’ perception of the authentic leadership style levels showed low level (48%) among their leaders, and nearly half (49.05%) of staff nurses had low loyalty level. In addition, the current study revealed that there was a statistically significance correlation between authentic leadership styles and loyalty (P<0.05). Conclusion The study concluded that there was a statistically significant correlation between head nurses’ authentic leadership styles and staff nurse’s loyalty. Recommendations A strategic plan should be created by hospital management to increase nurses’ loyalty. Hospital administrators should select head nurses based on pre-requisite criteria not only based on their years of experience, on their capabilities as a leaders to lead others in their job, and on their level of goal achievement as a leader.