TEAM WORK EFFECTIVENESS AND ITS RELATION WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AS PERCEIVED BY NURSES AT PORT SAID GENERAL HOSPITALS

El-morsi, Samar Ibrahim; Metwally Ibrahim, Fatma Gouda; Elghabbour, Ghada Mosaad Mohamed

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2020.36626.1043

TEAM WORK EFFECTIVENESS AND ITS RELATION WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AS PERCEIVED BY NURSES AT PORT SAID GENERAL HOSPITALS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ nursing administration, faculty of nursing, port said university

² Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

³ Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

10.21608/pssjn.2020.36626.1043

Abstract

In order to develop a high quality, performance-oriented nursing staff, every nursing leader strives to inspire followers to create engaged and enthralling teams that work beyond the needs of the job. Aim:This study aimed to investigate team work effectiveness and its relation with transformational leadership as perceived by nurses at Port Said general hospitals. A descriptive correlational research design was utilized with a sample of nurses who were working in Port Said city general hospitals namely: Port-Said general hospital and El-Zohour general hospital. A sample size was 178 nurses. Two tools were used to collect the data namely: Team effectiveness questionnaire and transformational leadership scale. Results of the study showed the majority of nurses (92,7%) adopted that transformational leadership leads to team effectiveness. Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed that highest percentage of studied nurses were working in effective team work and under leaders adopting transformational leadership style with statistically significant relation. Recommendations: Designing and applying training strategy and continuing education programs about the importance of team work effectiveness in hospital environment and how to apply transformational leadership style.

Keywords

References

Ahmad,F.,Abbas,T., Latif,S&Abdul–Rashee.(2014). impact of transformational leadership on employee motivation in telecommunication sector. Journal of Management Policies and Practices; 2(2): 11-25.

Avolio, BJ. (2012). Reexamining the components of transformational leadership and transactional leadership using the multifactor leadership questionnaire. J Occup Organ Psychol. 1999;72:441–462. doi: 10.1348/096317999166789

Bass BM, Riggio BJ (2016). Biography and the assessment of transformational leadership at the world-class level. J Manag. 1987;13(1):7–19.

Bass, B.M. and Avolio, B.J. (1990), "Developing Transformational Leadership: 1992 and Beyond", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 14 No. 5.

Boone. E., Kurtz. D., Berston. S. (2019). Contemporary Business. Wiley, 18th Edition.

Castner, J., Schwartz, D., Foltz-Ramos, K., & Cervolo, D., (2012). A leadership challenges: staff nurse perceptions after an organizational team stepps initiative. Journal of nursing administration, 42(10), 467-472.

David,S., Armanu, & Afnan,T. (2017). The effects of transformational leadership personality on employee performance in Nissan Malang mediated by organizational commitment. Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences ; 61(1):207-215.

Dimas,I., Rebelo,T., Lourenço,P& Pessoa,C. (2018). Bouncing Back from Setbacks: On the Mediating Role of Team Resilience in the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Team Effectiveness. The Journal of Psychology; 152(6): 358372, DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2018.1465022

Doody O, Doody CM. (2017).Transformational leadership in nursing practice. British Journal of Nursing; 21(20):1212-1218. doi:10.12968/bjon.2012.21.20.1212

El-Demerdash,S. and Aldeeb,G. (2016). Head nurses' Transformational Leadership, Collaboration and its Relation to Staff nurses ‘Work Engagement. IOSR; 3(12):1-10.

Hamed, A. (2014). “Perception of Assistant Teaching Staff of their Leaders Transformational Leadership Behaviors and its Relation to their Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Suez Canal University.” (Suez Canal University, Faculty of Nursing).

Huddleston, P., Mancini, M., E., & Gray, J., (2017). Measuring nurse leaders’ and direct care nurses’ perceptions of a healthy work environment in acute care settings, part 3. The Journal of Nursing Administration,47(3),140-146

Hughes, Tawney A.(2014). Idealized, Inspirational, and Intellectual Leaders in the Social Sector: Transformational Leadership and the Kravis Prize .CMC Senior Theses. Paper 906. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/906

Jones, P.E., & George, P.H.M.P. (2019). The potential for social contextual and group biases in team decision-making: Biases, conditions and psychological mechanisms. Ergonomics, special issue, team work, 43(8), 1129-1152.

Keskes, I. (2014). Relationship between leadership styles and dimensions of employee organizational commitment: A critical review and discussion of future directions. Intangible Capital, 10(1): 26-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/ic.476

Krejcie, R.V., & Morgan, D.W. (1970). Determining Sample Size for Research Activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30, 607-610

Krishna,Y. (2011). Effects of Transformational Leadership on Team Performance. Int.J.Buss.Mgt.Eco.Res; 2(1): 152-157.

McEwan, D., Ruissen, G., Eys, Zumbo,M., and Beauchamp,M. (2017). The Effectiveness of Teamwork Training on Teamwork Behaviors and Team Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Interventions. PLoS One; 12(1):1-23.

Mohammad ,S., AL-Zeaud ,H., Batayneh,A .(2011). The relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ satisfaction at Jordanian private hospitals. BEH - Business and Economic Horizons Volume; 5 ( 2 ): 35-46.

Moussa,M., Aboshaiqah,A & Alotaibi,A. (2016). Effect of nurse’s supervisor’s leadership style on nurse's job satisfaction. Swift Journal of Nursing and Midwifery; 2(2): 018-025

National Health Service (NHS) (2014). London Leadership Academy. Team effectiveness questionnaire. Available from: http://www.londonleadingforhealth.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/Team_effectiveness_diagnostic-LAL1.pdf

Nelsey,L & Brownie,S.( 2018). Effective leadership, teamwork and mentoring - Essential elements in promoting generational cohesion in the nursing workforce and retaining nurses. Collegian Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia 19(4):197-202.

Paolucci, N., Dimas, I. D., Zappala, S., Lourenco, P. R., Rebelo, T. (2018). Transformational Leadership and Team Effectiveness: The Mediating Role of Affective Team Commitment. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 34. Num. 3. - 2018. Pages 135-144

Pratoom, K. (2017). Differential Relationship of Person and Task-Focused Leadership to Team Effectiveness: A Meta-Analysis of Moderators. Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 17(4) 393-439, Sage publications.

Rahn, D. (2014).Transformational Teams: Examining the Relationship of Nursing Teamwork to Patient Outcomes. Unpublished doctorate thesis. Faculty of Education. Drexel University.

Rosen, M. A., DiazGranados, D., Dietz, A. S., Benishek, L. E., Thompson, D., Pronovost, P. J., & Weaver, S. J. (2018). Teamwork in healthcare: Key discoveries enabling safer, high-quality care. The American psychologist, 73(4), 433–450. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000298

Sadeghi,A and Pihie,Z. (2012). Transformational leadership and its predictive effects on leadership effectiveness. International Journal of Business and Social Science; 3 (7): 186-197.

Suratno,K., Ariyanti,S and Kusrini,K. (2018). The Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Quality of Nursing Work Life in Hospital. International Journal of Caring Sciences; 11(3): 1416-22.