سبك هاي رهبري مديران و ارتباط آن با رضايت شغلي كاركنان پرستاري شاغل در مراكز آموزشي درماني وابسته به دانشگاه علوم پزشكي تبريز

Leadership styles of managers and job satisfaction among nurses in Tabriz hospitals

Introduction: Job satisfaction is one of the indices reflecting the effectivness of management and leadership in each organization. With the application of participative leadership to incearse feeling of job satisfaction among the nursing staff managers can eventually enhance staff efficacy, productivity and commitment to organization, which in turn, will lead to the promotion of better services to patients . The aim of this .study was to identify the leadership .styles used by managers, to determine the extent of job satisfaction among employees and to suggest effective leadership styles to managers . Method: The study was bused on a descriptive-correlational design. Data was collected using questionnaire. The sample comprised 400 managers and nurses employed at different treatment facilities affiliated to the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Results: Findings revealed that 54% of managers utilized authoritarian leadership and 72% of the staff reported job dissatisfaction. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between mean leadership and job satisfaction score (r-0.65, P<0.001). Conclusions: In the organizations where managers involve personel in making decision regarding affairs relevant to them or created a consultative environment for them, job satisfaction among staff is high. Therefore, managers of nurses are advised to involve their staff in goal setting and decision making and create a consultative environment so that the staff may experience greater job satisfaction and organizational commitment and ultimately, provide better quality services leading to greater patient satisfaction.