Staff Nurses’ Perception toward Leadership Effectiveness and Its Relation to Innovative Work Behavior at selected hospital

Background: In recent years, innovation is considered necessary for organizations to adapt to
the changing environment and increase need for effective nurse leader for enhancing leadership
qualities, supportive work environment that is critical for staff nurses innovation. The study
aimed to: assess staff nurses‘ perception toward leadership effectiveness and its relation to
innovative work behavior. Design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized to conduct this
study. Setting: the study was conducted in all ICUs at emergency hospital which is affiliated to
Cairo University Hospitals. Subjects: A convenience sample of 73 staff nurses who volunteered
to participate in this study was included. Tools: three tools were used for data collection as
follows: (a) personal characteristics sheet (b) Leadership Effectiveness Questionnaire, (c)
Innovative Work Behavior Questionnaire. Results: the study results revealed that more than half
(61.6%) of staff nurses had high perception level regarding leadership effectiveness. also the
highest percentage (76.7%) of them had high perception level regarding innovative work
behavior. Conclusions: data of the present study concluded that there was statistically significant
positive correlation between overall perception of leadership effectiveness and innovative work
behavior of staff nurses. Recommendations: Raise the nursing leaders‘ awareness regarding
their role in building trust relationships with their followers and in creating healthy work
environment that enhance their innovations.