title: Transformational leadership and job satisfaction.
abstract: The relationship of head nurse leadership style to staff nurse job satisfaction was investigated using the leadership paradigm of transformational and transactional leadership. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and the Index of Work Satisfaction were completed by 122 staff nurses employed throughout acute care community hospitals in many patient care areas. Correlations showed a significant positive relationship between those head nurses exhibiting a transformational leadership style and the job satisfaction of their staff nurses.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Medley
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Larochelle
mesh_terms: D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires