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The Effect of Head Nurse's Emotional Leadership on Nurse's Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2010;16(3):336-347.
Published online: September 30, 2010

1Department of Nursing, Daewoo General Hospital, Korea.

2Professor, College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University, Korea.

Correspondence: Jung, Myun-Sook. College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University, Chilam-Dong 92, Chinju, Gyeong-Nam 660-751, Korea. Tel: 82-55-751-8896, Fax: 82-55-751-8711, msjung@gnu.ac.kr
• Received: September 10, 2010   • Revised: September 19, 2010   • Accepted: September 20, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of head nurse's emotional leadership on nurse's job satisfaction & organizational commitment.
  • Methods
    The subjects of this study were 385 nurses from four general hospitals and one university hospital. SPSS WIN 14.0 was used for data analysis.
  • Results
    Stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to examine the influences of research variables. The variable which predict nurse's job satisfaction were head nurse's emotional leadership (F=76.027, p<.01, adjusted R square=.166). The variables which predict organizational commitment were emotional leadership (F=27.839, p<.01, adjusted R square=.066), marital status (F=20.928, p<.01 adjusted R square=.03), respectively.
  • Conclusions
    As a result of this study, head nurse's emotional leadership was defined as a important influential on both job satisfaction and organizational commitment of nurses. Therefore, it is needed to develop education programs for activating head nurse's emotional leadership.
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Table 1
General characteristics of the subjects
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Table 2
Head nurse's emotional leadership, nurse's job satisfaction and organizational commitment
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Table 3
Correlation among research variables
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*p<.05, **p<.01

Table 4
Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics(total)
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*p<.01

Table 5
Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (university hospital)
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*p<.05, **p<.01

Table 6
Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (general hospital)
jkana-16-336-i006.jpg

*p<.05, **p<.01

Table 7
Difference of head nurses' emotional leadership and nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the type of hospital
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Table 8
The effect of head nurse's emotional leadership and general characteristics on nurse's job satisfaction & organizational commitment
jkana-16-336-i008.jpg

**p<.01

Figure & Data

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    The Effect of Head Nurse's Emotional Leadership on Nurse's Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment

    General characteristics of the subjects

    Head nurse's emotional leadership, nurse's job satisfaction and organizational commitment

    Correlation among research variables

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics(total)

    *p<.01

    Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (university hospital)

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (general hospital)

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Difference of head nurses' emotional leadership and nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the type of hospital

    The effect of head nurse's emotional leadership and general characteristics on nurse's job satisfaction & organizational commitment

    **p<.01

    Table 1 General characteristics of the subjects

    Table 2 Head nurse's emotional leadership, nurse's job satisfaction and organizational commitment

    Table 3 Correlation among research variables

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Table 4 Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics(total)

    *p<.01

    Table 5 Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (university hospital)

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Table 6 Difference of job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the general characteristics (general hospital)

    *p<.05, **p<.01

    Table 7 Difference of head nurses' emotional leadership and nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment according to the type of hospital

    Table 8 The effect of head nurse's emotional leadership and general characteristics on nurse's job satisfaction & organizational commitment

    **p<.01

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