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Authentic leadership among nursing professionals: knowledge and profile.
Cleide Carolina da Silva Demoro Mondini1, Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha2, Armando Dos Santos Trettene1
1Universidade de São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
|May 20, 2020
Summary
Nursing professionals
Area of Science:
- Nursing Leadership
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Behavior
Background:
- Leadership models are crucial for effective healthcare delivery.
- Understanding nursing professionals' knowledge of leadership is essential for professional development.
- Authentic leadership is a key component of modern leadership theory.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess nursing professionals' understanding of various leadership models.
- To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of authentic leadership among nurses.
- To identify factors influencing authentic leadership profiles in nursing.
Main Methods:
- An analytical study was conducted with 84 nursing professionals in a public tertiary hospital.
- Data collection occurred between August and December 2015.
- Instruments included a Sociodemographic Questionnaire and the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire.
Main Results:
- Most participants were unaware of authentic leadership.
- Communication, planning, and organization were identified as key leadership competencies.
- Nurses scored high in authentic leadership, while technicians scored low.
- Leadership positions and professional development positively impacted authentic leadership scores.
Conclusions:
- Nurses showed knowledge of behavioral leadership; technicians knew situational leadership.
- Nurses exhibited high authentic leadership behaviors, technicians low, with no significant difference noted.
- Holding leadership roles and pursuing professional advancement positively correlated with higher authentic leadership profiles.
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