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Meltem Saygili1, Özlem Özer2, Pınar Öke Karakaya1
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Healthcare Management, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between paternalistic leadership, ethical climate and performance among health staff. The implementation part of the study has been carried out on the health staff working in a public hospital taking place in the city of Kırıkkale (Turkey).The data attained from 460 participants have been assessed. As a result of the analyses; relationships between paternalistic leadership and dimensions of ethical climate (egoism, benevolence, principle climate) were positive and significance. In addition to, both the relationship between ethical climate dimensions and performance and between paternalist leadership and performance was significance.
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