Using SAS® to Examine Relationships among Leadership Styles of College of Nursing Deans and Faculty Job Satisfaction Levels in Research Intensive Institutions
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Leadership and job satisfaction are two factors that have been regarded as fundamental for organizational success. It has been shown that employees with high job satisfaction levels are likely to be more productive and exert more effort in pursuing organizational interests. The purpose of this study was to identify perceived leadership styles of nursing deans to determine whether they correlate with nursing faculty job satisfaction. The study used many SAS® procedures to analyze descriptive, correlational data. The sample for this national study consisted of 303, out of 1626 recruited, full-time nursing faculty members from 24 public, research universities with very high research activity in the United States. The result show there is positive significant linear relationship between transformation leadership style and transactional leadership with job satisfaction. Also, the result indicated that there is negative significant relationship between passive leadership style and job satisfaction (r=-.43). The result of multiple regression indicated that different leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and passive) are related to the job satisfaction after controlling with interaction with dean. The R square for transformational, transactional, and passive leadership on job satisfaction were .38, .13, and .26; respectively. SAS® is powerful software to analyze any types of data.
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Relationships Among Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction Levels: A National Study of College of Nursing Faculty and Deans in Research Intensive Institutions
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