Leadership Styles Among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Within the Full Range Leadership Framework.
Background/Objective: Leadership in nursing has been conceptualized as a multidimensional construct influencing organisational functioning and professional practice. Within the Full Range Leadership Model, leadership comprises transformational, transactional, and passive–avoidant dimensions that may...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Reports Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 141 - 159 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=193440321&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 193440321 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 2039439X EGNT jtl: Nursing Reports issn: 2039439X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2026 vid: 16 iid: 4 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 193440321 193440321 193440321 10.3390/nursrep16040141 193440321 ppf: 141 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Leadership Styles Among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Within the Full Range Leadership Framework. aug: au: Moreira, Cátia Moutinho, Pedro Alves, Paulo Mota, Liliana affil: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal sug: subj: Nurse Managers Portugal Management Styles Evaluation Job Characteristics Conceptual Framework Human Portugal Funding Source Cross Sectional Studies Questionnaires Nonprobability Sample Convenience Sample Inferential Statistics Descriptive Research Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Correlational Studies Summated Rating Scaling Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Unpaired T-Tests Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background/Objective: Leadership in nursing has been conceptualized as a multidimensional construct influencing organisational functioning and professional practice. Within the Full Range Leadership Model, leadership comprises transformational, transactional, and passive–avoidant dimensions that may coexist within individuals. This study aimed to examine how leadership dimensions coexist and interact among nurses and to explore their associations with professional characteristics within the FRLM framework. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted between November and December 2024 among 141 Portuguese nurses affiliated with a professional association dedicated to nursing leadership. Leadership behaviours were assessed using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. A non-probability convenience sampling strategy was used. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed using SPSS. Results: Transformational leadership emerged as the predominant behavioural pattern (M = 3.17, SD = 0.38), followed by transactional leadership (M = 2.51, SD = 0.46), with minimal laissez-faire behaviours (M = 0.83, SD = 0.50). Managers demonstrated significantly higher transformational scores (mean difference = 0.16, p = 0.018) and lower laissez-faire scores (mean difference = −0.27, p = 0.01) than specialists. Transformational leadership was positively correlated with transactional leadership (r = 0.309, p < 0.01) and negatively correlated with laissez-faire behaviours (r = −0.339, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The findings indicate a predominant transformational leadership profile among nurses, accompanied by complementary transactional behaviours and low passive–avoidant tendencies. The observed correlations support a dimensional interpretation of leadership consistent with the Full Range Leadership Model. These findings provide descriptive insight into leadership patterns within this nursing sample and may inform leadership development initiatives in comparable healthcare contexts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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