Assessment of self-perceived Leadership skills and job satisfaction among the health care provider in a tertiary care hospital, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Background

Leadership styles and job satisfaction have a strong positive relationship. The success of an organisation depends upon the employee satisfaction, which in turn is related to the leadership styles. Good medical leadership plays a vital role in building a high-quality healthcare. The objectives of the study are to estimate the self-perceived leadership skills and its impact on the job satisfaction among the health care workers working in a tertiary care hospital, Tamil Nadu.

Material and Methods

This was a cross sectional study conducted among 109 health care workers using a semi structured questionnaire. The data was analysed with SPSS IBM version 22.0. Pearson correlation test and independent t test was applied.

Results:

The mean age of the study participants was 49.32 ± 4.78. Majority of the study participants were females (56%) and doctors (44%). 20.2% study participants had high transformational scores and 79.8% had moderate scores. 52.3% and 47.7% had high and moderate transactional scores respectively. 42.2% and 57.8% had high and moderate laissez-faire score respectively. The leadership scores have significant positive correlation with job satisfaction scores with r value of 0.64, 0.43 for transformational, transactional. The transactional and laissez faire leadership scores was higher among those with the past history of government services. The leadership score was higher among those with the history of exposure to leadership skill workshop.

Conclusion:

Leaders with demonstrated transformational skills had a beneficial impact and those who exhibited a laissez-faire attitude had a detrimental impact on job satisfaction among the health professionals.