Head nurse perceptions of their managerial leadership behaviours: a pilot study
Trifoni Renato
Background: Transformational leadership style is positively associated with job satisfaction and retention of nursing staff. Although nurse administrators think themselves as transformational leaders’, this is not supported by their subordinates. Methodology: A 26 items self-completed questionnaire was completed by 30 head nurses, about their perception on the type of leadership they exercise. Results: 86.7% were female, 63.3% were 36-45 years’ old and a mean years being a head nurse 7.8 (+/-5.03) years. The majority of participants considered that they are very sensitive, strict, correct, humble and “get things to the edges” for a better tomorrow. Female participants could take strict and unpleasant decisions easier than male (p
