Nurse Manger's Leadership Style and Staff Nurses Autonomy

Abstract

The success of individual careers and the fate of organizations are determined by the effectiveness of leader’s behavior. Leadership considered crucial for success, and some researchers have argued that it is the most critical ingredient (Frankel, 2015). Autonomy in the workplace refers to how much freedom employees have while working. For some organizations, autonomy means employees can set their own schedules. In other organizations, autonomy means employees can decide how their work should be done. Higher levels of autonomy tend to result in an increase in job satisfaction (Robert, 2014). This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurse managers' leadership styles and their staff nurse's autonomy through: assessing nurse manager's leadership style from nurse manager points of view in Suez general hospital, measuring levels of autonomy among staff, nurses and finding out the relationship between nurse managers' leadership style and staff nurses' autonomy. This study carried out using a descriptive correlational design. Furthermore, the study conducted at general Suez Hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and composed of eight buildings (Emergency building, I.C.U, and dialysis building, operating theater building, Burns building, and laparoscope building, obstetric building, and outpatient clinic building).