Neda Rashidi1, Fardin Amiri2*, Sedigheh Hanani3, Mahboobeh Rasouli4

Abstract

Introduction & Objective: Hospital as the center of health system requires an effective leadership style and appropriate strategy to enhance the nurses' job satisfaction and patients' satisfaction to achieve its primary goals. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the leadership style of the operating room head nurses and the job satisfaction of operating room technologists in the educational and medical hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2017. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017. The research population included all operating room technologists working in educational-medical hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences. The research sample included 220 students selected randomly from each hospital. Three standard questionnaires, including demographic characteristics questionnaire, multi-factor leadership style questionnaire (MLQ) and Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire (MSQ) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test. Results: The results revealed that the dominant leadership style of the operating room head nurses was transformational (65.5%), followed by task-oriented (27.7%), and non-interventional styles (6%). The job satisfaction of majority (95%) of operating room technologists was at the moderate level. Based on the results, there was a significant difference between the transformational leadership style and job satisfaction (p = 0.001, r = 0.40), there was a significant between the task- oriented leadership style and job satisfaction (p = 0.001 r = 0.47), and there was a significant relationship between non-interventional leadership style and job satisfaction (r = 0.40, p = 0.000). Conclusion: As transformational, task-oriented, and non-interventional leadership styles were associated with job satisfaction of the operating room technologists, the head nurses are recommended to use combination of three types of leadership style.