The Relationships between Transformational Leadership, Job Involvement and Role of Professional Nurses in Primary Care

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2010-09-30
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Journal of Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital
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Objective : To study role of professional nurses and to determine the relationship between transformational leadership, jobinvolvement, and role of professional nurses primary care units, under the Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.Meterial and Method : The descriptive research was the designed to study the role of professional nurses and determinethe leadership between transformational leadership, job involvement, and role of professional nurses primary care units, underthe Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The sample was 250 professional nurses, randomly selected throughsimple random sampling technique. Research instrument were questionnaires consisting of four parts; personal factor,transformational leadership, job involvement, and role of professional nurses primary care units. They were judged for theirvalidities and reliabilities. The Cronbach, s alpha coefficients were 0.88, 0.72 and 0.86 respectively. The data were analyzed bypercentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson, s product moment correlation coefficients.Results : The major findings were as follows: 1)The role of professional nurses primary care units, under the jurisdiction ofBangkok Metropolitan Administration, at the middle level. (X = 4.01 SD = .39) 2)Transformational leadership was positivelyrelated to the role of professional nurses primary care units, under the jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, atthe middle level (r = .59) with the significant at the 0.05 level.3)Job involvement was positively related to the role of professionalnurses primary care units, under the jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, at the high level (r = .70) with thesignificant at the 0.05 level.Conclusion : Role of professional nurses primary care units, under the Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan Administrationwas a middle level and positive correlation with transformational leadership and job involvement  
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Journal of Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital; Volume 5 Number 1 January - June 2009; 7-21