2009 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 66-72
The present study investigated the relationship between staff nurses' perceptions of leadership behaviors including transformational leadership performed by nurse managers and motivation for working of staff nurses. Data on the perceptions about leadership behaviors performed by nurse managers and motivation for working of 273 staff nurses working at one hospital were collected using questionnaire. The reliability of the scales of leadership behaviors was maintained with Cronbach' s alphas above 0.8. The internal consistency of the scales of motivation for working was examined using factor analysis, and the reliability of the scales was measured (Cronbach's alphas ranging from 0.747 to 0.942). Significant correlation was observed between the perceptions of leadership behaviors and those of motivation for working. Particularly, "individualized consideration" of transformational leadership had relatively strong positive correlation with all items of motivation for working. The results imply that the transformational leadership behaviors performed by nurse managers are effective in nursing.
