Objective: In this study aimed to determine nurses' authentic leadership perceptions and organizational trust levels towards their managers and the correlation between them. Material and Methods: The study is a cross-sectional descriptive design. The sample of this study included 321 nurses in a training and research hospital. As a data collection tool; introductory information form, Authentic Leadership Scale, and Organizational Trust Inventory were used. Results: It was found in this study that nurses' had high authentic leadership perceptions towards managers and organizational trust levels, with a positive relationship existing between authentic leadership and organizational trust (p<0.01), and authentic leadership explaining 32.1% of organizational trust (R2 =0.321; F=145.9; p<0.01). Conclusion: In this research, we determined that nurses' trust levels in managers are low and that authentic leadership has a positive relationship with organizational trust. With the global coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, the need for nursing services and the importance of leadership in nursing care stood out more than ever before. The use of appropriate leadership styles by manager nurses allows nurses to improve their performance, leading to increased quality of health care by achieving ideal patient outcomes. In addition, the authentic leadership style demonstrated by nurse managers has an indirect effect on reducing nurses' intention to quit and increasing their performance by increasing organizational trust. There are very few studies in Türkiye to determine nurses' perceptions of authentic leadership. It is expected that this study will fill a gap in the literature and be a foundation for future studies.
Keywords: Nurse manager; leadership; authentic leadership; organizational trust
Amaç: Bu araştırmada, hemşirelerin yöneticilerine yönelik otantik liderlik algıları ile örgütsel güven düzeyleri ve aralarındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma kesitsel tanımlayıcı bir tasarımdır. Araştırmanın örneklemini bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesinde görev yapan 321 hemşire oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama aracı olarak; tanıtıcı bilgi formu, Otantik Liderlik Ölçeği ve Örgütsel Güven Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Bu araştırmada, hemşirelerin yöneticilerine yönelik otantik liderlik algılarının ve örgütsel güven düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu, otantik liderlik ile örgütsel güven arasında pozitif bir ilişkinin olduğu (p<0,01) ve otantik liderliğin örgütsel güvenin %32,1'ini açıkladığı belirlenmiştir (R2 =0,321; F=145,9; p<0,01). Sonuç: Bu araştırmada, hemşirelerin yöneticiye olan güven düzeylerinin düşük olduğunu ve otantik liderliğin örgütsel güven ile olumlu bir ilişkisi olduğunu belirledik. Küresel koronavirüs hastalığı2019 salgınıyla birlikte hemşirelik hizmetlerine olan ihtiyaç ve hemşirelik bakımında liderliğin önemi her zamankinden daha fazla öne çıkmıştır. Yönetici hemşirelerin uygun liderlik tarzlarını kullanması, hemşirelerin performanslarını artırmalarına olanak sağlar ve ideal hasta sonuçlarına ulaşarak sağlık bakımının kalitesinin artmasını sağlar. Ayrıca yönetici hemşirelerin gösterdikleri otantik liderlik tarzının örgütsel güvenini artırarak hemşirelerin işten ayrılma niyetini azaltması ve performanslarını artırmasına dolaylı bir etkisi vardır. Türkiye'de hemşirelerin otantik liderlik algılarını belirlemeye yönelik çok az çalışma bulunmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın literatürdeki bir boşluğu doldurması ve gelecek çalışmalara temel oluşturması beklenmektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Yönetici hemşire; liderlik; otantik liderlik; örgütsel güven
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