The Influence of Transformational Leadership by Head Nurses and Work Engagement on the Job Performance of Professional Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital under the Ministry of Public Health in Health Region 2

Abstract

This study was a predictive correlational research. It was a purpose to study The Influence of Transformational Leadership of In-Patient Unit Head Nurses as Perceived by Professional Nurses and Work Engagement on Job Performance of Professional Nurses in tertiary hospital Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, Regional Health 2. The sample group consisted of 174 professional nurses with at least 1 year of experience working in in-patient wards at tertiary hospital under the Ministry of Public Health, Regional Health 2. The sample size was determined using the G*power program and the Multistage Sampling method. The research instruments were five rating scale questionnaires on Transformational leadership, Work engagement and Job performance of professional nurses , with reliability values of Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.943, 0.952, and 0.932, respectively. Data were analyzed using statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The research findings found that the transformational leadership of the in-patient unit head and the work engagement of professional nurses had a statistically significant influence on the job performance of professional nurses at the .001 level with a multiple correlation coefficient (R) of .694 and could predict the job performance of professional nurses by 48.1 percent. It was found that work engagement could predict the job performance the most (β = .564, p < .001), followed by transformational leadership (β = .215, p = .001) with an adjusted prediction coefficient or predictive power of 47.5 percent (Adjusted R Square = .475)