The Structural Equation Model of Leadership of In-Patient Unit Head Nurses as Perceived by Professional Nurses, Nurses’ Work Engagement, and Job Performance of Professional Nurses in Community Hospitals
Keywords:
Job performance, leadership, q, Work engagement, Head Nurses of In-Patient Unit, Community HospitalsAbstract
The purposes of this analytical research design were analyzed structural equation model of job performance of in-patient unit professional nurses in community hospitals. The samples were 314 professional nurses, selected by proportionate stratified random sampling. The research instruments comprised of parts; Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9) and Job performance questionnaire. There Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were 0.947, 0.872 and 0.962 respectively. Data were analyzed descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling. The findings of this research study revealed that leadership of in-patient unit head nurses and work engagement had positive direct effects on job performance (β = .14, .48, p<.05, <.001) and had a positive direct effect on work engagement (β = .53, p< .001). The structural equation model of job performance of professional nurses was congruent with the empirical data (Chi-square = 8.969, df = 8, Probability level = 0.345, CMIN/DF = 1.121, GFI = 0.992, AGFI = 0.972, SRMR = 0.006, RMSEA = 0.020). The model accounted for 32% of the variance in job performance of professional nurses and a substantial proportion of the variance of the mediating variables. These findings indicate that, which was the nurse administration should put on the emphasis curriculum in the preparation of head nurses of nursing organization to possess both transformational leadership and transactional leadership which will enhance their work engagement. These will affect nurses’ performance.
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