Abstract: Spiritual leadership is crucial in nursing profession. It is an intrinsically motivating factor that encourages staff nurses to initiate creativity and innovation. Aim: To investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and creativity as perceived by staff nurses at Shoubrakhit General Hospital. Study design: A descriptive correlational research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: all in-patient care units at Shoubrakhit General Hospital. Subjects: Convenience sampling from staff nurses (n=230) who were working in the previously selected settings and available during the time of data collection distributed as follows; professional nurses, technical nurses and practical nurses Tools: Two tools were used in order to conduct this study: Revised Spiritual Leadership Survey (RSLS) and KEYS Survey to Creativity and Innovation. Results: The finding of this study revealed that the overall level of spiritual leadership as perceived by the studied staff nurses was moderate, while the overall level of creativity was low. Conclusion: The finding of this study concluded that a highly significant strong positive correlation between overall spiritual leadership and overall creativity as perceived by the studied staff nurses (r=0.575, p ≤0.001). Recommendations: Conduct frequent training programs and a series of workshops on spiritual leadership practices, and creativity skills for all staff nurses to embed a culture of spiritual leadership and creativity. Also, it is vital to integrate the course/concept of spiritual leadership into the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum to raise the awareness of future staff nurses. Additionally, establish warm collegial relationships that provide support, caring, concern, appreciation, and guidance for each other to nourish spirituality with colleagues.
Keywords: Spiritual leadership, Intrinsic motivation, Creativity, Staff nurses, Nursing.
Title: Relationship between Spiritual Leadership and Creativity as Perceived by Staff Nurses
Author: Aya Bassiouny Ibrahim El-seidy, Nevine Hassan Abd- El-Aal, Amal Diab Ghanem Atalla
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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