Ethical leadership lead to positive effects such as increased organizational pride among
staff nurses who work with ethical leaders so they do their best to ensure the success of their healthcare
organizations. Aim: Assess ethical leadership educational program for head nurses and its influence on
staff nurses' organizational pride. Research Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized
in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in inpatient units at Benha University hospitals. Sample:
included all available (35) head nurses, as well as a simple random sample (320) out from (1600) staff
nurses. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized for data collection namely; Ethical
Leadership scale, Ethical Leadership knowledge and organizational Pride questionnaire. Results:
Minority 66% of head nurses had good knowledge level at the preprogram phase while it increased to
82.5% & 79.3% at post program and follow up phases, respectively, while only 21% of them had high
ethical leadership skills level at preprogram phase, which increased to most of them 87% & 83% at post
program and follow phases respectively. Also, while 11% of staff nurses had a high organizational pride
level at preprogram phase, it was increased to most of them 70%&69.5% at the post program phase and
follow phase, respectively. Conclusion: There was a highly positive statistical significant correlation
between head nurses' ethical leadership knowledge, skills and staff nurses' organizational pride at post
and follow up program phases. |
