Perceived Head Nurses’ Servant Leadership and Knowledge Sharing Behavior of Nurses in Kunming Medical University Hospitals, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
servant leadership, knowledge sharing behavior, nurses, medical university hospitals, the People’s Republic of ChinaAbstract
This descriptive correlational study aimed to explore the relationship between the servant leadership of head nurses and the knowledge sharing behavior of nurses in Kunming Medical University Hospitals, the People’s Republic of China. The samples included 414 nurses from three university hospitals in the People’s Republic of China. The instruments were the Servant Leadership Scale (SLS) and the Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale (KSBS). The reliability coefficients of the SLS and KSBS were .96 and .93, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis.
The results of this study revealed that the overall mean score of servant leadership was at a high level, the overall mean score of knowledge sharing behavior was at a moderate level, and there was a moderate positive relationship between servant leadership and knowledge sharing behavior.
The results of this study present information for nursing administrators to develop strategies to improve the servant leadership of head nurses and the knowledge sharing behavior of nurses in university hospitals, China.
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