title: Situational leadership styles, staff nurse job characteristics related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment of head nurses working in hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Royal Thai Army.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the relationships between the situational leadership styles, staff nurse job characteristic with job satisfaction and organizational commitment of head nurses working in hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Royal Thai Army
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in 128 head nurses working in hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Royal Thai Army. Data were collected by mailed questionnaires. A total of 117 completed questionnaires (91.4%) were received for analysis. Statistical analysis was done using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that situational leadership styles were not correlated with job satisfaction and organizational commitment of head nurses. Staff nurse job characteristics had a low level of positive correlation with job satisfaction and organizational commitment of head nurses at 0.05 level of significance (r = 0.202 and 0.189 respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hospital administrators should formulate policy to improve working system, human resource management and formulate policies and strategies based on situational leadership. In addition, they should improve the characteristics of staff nurse job by using surveys to obtain job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Administration, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. phpit@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Bhusita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Intaraprasong
authors.forename: Sureporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Potjanasitt
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pattaraarchachai
authors.forename: Chavalit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meennuch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013785:Thailand