RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND JOB SATISFACTION OF NURSE MID-MANAGERS AND THEIR STAFF'S PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND JOB SATISFACTION

This study investigated the relationship between the nurse mid-managers/supervisor's self perception of his/her leadership behaviors and job satisfaction and the subordinate's perception of the supervisor's leadership behaviors and his/her own job satisfaction in a home health agency. Eleven nursing supervisors and forty-six staff nurses completed three questionnaires. These were: (a) a biographic form which was used to describe the sample; (b) the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) which measured the staff nurses and supervisor's job satisfaction; and (c) the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire Form XII (LBDQ XII) which measured the nursing supervisor's self perceived leadership behaviors and the staff nurses perception of the nurse supervisor leadership behavior. Correlation techniques were used to determine the relationship between the Job Descriptive Index and the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire Form XII (LBDQ) as described by the following three research questions. 1. Is there a positive relationship between a nurse mid-manager's self-perception of leadership behaviors and those same leadership behaviors as perceived by the subordinate as measured by the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire XII Subscales (LBDQ XII) in a community health setting? 2. Is there a positive relationship between a nurse mid-manager's job satisfaction in a community health setting and the subordinate's job satisfaction as measured by the Job Descriptive Index (JDI)? 3. Is there a positive relationship between the responses of the nurse mid-manager's Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire XII Subscales (LBDQ) and the subordinate's response as measured by the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) in a community health setting? The only significant correlation in response to the first question was the supervisor's perception of her ability to predict outcomes accurately and the subordinate's perception that the supervisor will predict accurately. The second research question revealed a high significant correlation between those nurse supervisors that were satisfied with their job and their corresponding staff nurses having a high degree of satisfaction. The third question was also found to be highly significant in this study. Those nurse supervisors who perceived themselves as having positive leadership behaviors had a staff that showed a high level of job satisfaction.

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• Davis, Marianne R.

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