leadership behavior and Head Nurse and Job Satisfaction of Staff Nurse in Nakornping Hospital

Abstract

             This research objective aimed to study the leadership behavior of head ward nurses and job satisfaction of staff nurses in Nakorn Ping hospital, Chiang Mai. The sampling sizes were 214 nurses and derived by random stratified from every department wards. The data collection was conducted through questionnaire and divided into 3 parts; personal information, leadership behavior of head ward nurses as perceived by staff nurses and job satisfaction of staff nurses. The research instrument was inspected on the quality by direct determination of the content and sought reliability by testing with 20 staff nurses. Then, finding reliability by using Cronbach alpha coefficient formula and the questionnaire reliability outcome were 0.95 and 0.94 respectively. Research data was analyzed by using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation and the correlation between variables by measuring the correlation coefficient of Pearson. The data analysis outcome found that the leadership behavior of head ward nurses as perceived by staff nurses in Nakorn Ping hospital in overall remained high. When considered into the individual aspects, the research found that challenging the process, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act , modeling the way and encouraging the heart (+S.D. = 3.6 + 0.6 , 3.6 + 0.6 , 3.6 + 0.7, 3.7 + 0.7, and 3.6 + 0.7 respectively). In term of the external job satisfaction of staff nurses, the relationship between individuals, participation and the internal, the research found that the average level of satisfaction were moderate to high ( + S.D. = 3.2 + 0.7, 3.6 + 0.6 , 3.6 + 0.6, and 3.6 + 0.6 9 respectively) and the leadership behavior of head nurses as perceived by staff nurse and job satisfaction of staff nurses both individual and overall aspects remained positive and moderate at the significant statistical level .01 (r = 0.65)

The results of this study reflected the consideration in developing the leadership behavior of head ward nurses as perceived by staff nurses in order to meet with the job satisfaction of staff nurses and to encourage them to work effectively and efficiency.