Impact of the transformational leadership educational programme of the head nurses on job satisfaction of the staff nurses in public hospitals

Transformation leadership is on rise in western countries as well as also in India. There are number of transformational leaders in various fields. The researcher wants to see the impact of transformational leadership educational programme of head nurses on performance and job satisfaction of staff nurses working in public hospitals of Mumbai. Methodology and Material: The research has used quantitative , quasi- experimental pre-test, post-test, study, & control group design, non-probability purposive sampling technique and size was calculated by power analysis. Each group comprised of 30 head nurses and 200 staff nurses from selected public hospitals, fitting into the inclusion criteria of sample selection. The tools consisted of structured and semi structured questionnaire for demographic data and for other observations , and standardized tool like Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire for job satisfaction . The pilot study was conducted in one of the public Hospitals of Mumbai. The detail main study (study group) conducted .in King Edward Memorial Hospital Parel, Mumbai (K.E.M.) and ( control group ) Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair Charitable Hospital Mumbai (B.Y.L.Nair) Hospitals of Mumbai city.. After following all the protocols of ethical permission from the institutions and permission from the respective hospitals,. The pre-test was taken in both the hospitals. The transformational leadership educational interventional programme conducted with theory on all the four variables work-place management, communication , team building and conflict management. The “5 S” activities for effective and efficient patient care management explained with audio visual aids, role plays, video clippings . Such interactive sessions taken for total 21 sessions,3hours per day. During one-month interaction between the head nurses and staff nurses was observed , and after three months the performance and job satisfaction post-test taken. Results: Wilcoxon Signed Rank test of study group z stat values of job satisfaction the significant difference -11.6 < p value 0.00 at 0.05 level in study group whereas in control group was showing the insignificant difference -1.04 >p value 0.297 at 0.05 level. While comparing the two groups the p value 0.000 that has high significance p< 0.001 at 0.05 level of significance level. indicating improved job satisfaction of staff nurses among study group