Spiritual leadership among nursing educators: a correlational cross-sectional study with psychological capital

BMC Nursing

Research

Manar Ahmed Kamal¹  Mennat-Allah G. Abou Zeid²  Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry³  Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr³ 

[1] Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt;Lecturer, Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;Lecturer, Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt;

关键词: Spiritual leadership;    Psychological capital;    Nursing educators;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-022-01163-y

 received in 2022-06-01, accepted in 2022-12-26,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSpiritual leadership is the most positive leadership style accepted by positive organizational behavior scholars that contributes to psychological capital. Spiritual leadership could be a critical organizational resource for followers. The study aims to examine the levels of spiritual leadership and psychological capital among nursing educators and determine the relationship between spiritual leadership and psychological capital among nurse educators.MethodsA cross-sectional design was applied using two tools: spiritual leadership and psychological capital scales. Over 3 months, data were collected from 213 nursing educators.ResultsThe spiritual leadership level is moderate to high (49.8 and 38.5%). The psychological capital level is high (63.4%). The association between spiritual leadership and psychological capital is a strong, positive, and highly significant correlation (R-value = 0.63, P = 0.001). The regression analysis predicted that male participants were expected to have more spiritual leadership and psychological capital than females.ConclusionIt can be concluded and validated how important it is to develop and practice spiritual leadership to foster followers’ psychological capital.Implications of nursing managementas nursing leaders must have spiritual competencies to promote workplace spirituality on the daily agenda as a foundational area in management.

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