大学病院に勤務する看護師の職場コミュニティ感覚と看護師長の変革型リーダーシップとの関連

The Relationship between Ward Nurses' Sense of Community at University Hospitals and The Chief Nurse's Transformational Leadership

要旨

　目的：大学病院に勤務する看護師が捉えた看護師長による変革型リーダーシップと職場コミュニティ感覚との関連を明らかにする．

　方法：国公私立大学病院に勤務する病棟勤務看護師275名に対し，自記式質問紙調査を実施した．項目は基本属性，看護師用職場コミュニティ感覚尺度，変革型リーダーシップ尺度とし，重回帰分析を行った．

　結果：職場コミュニティ感覚を従属変数，変革型リーダーシップを独立変数とし，重回帰分析を行ったところ，変革型リーダーシップ（β = 0.515, p < 0.01）とに有意な関連が認められた．さらに変革型リーダーシップの下位尺度である個別的配慮（β = 0.400, p < 0.01）が職場コミュニティ感覚と有意に関連していた．

　結論：スタッフの捉える看護師長の変革型リーダーシップは，病棟におけるスタッフの職場コミュニティ感覚を高めることが示唆された．

　Purpose: To understand the relationship between ward nurses' perceptions about the chief nurse's transformational leadership at university hospitals and their sense of community

　Methods: A self-administered survey was completed by 275 ward nurses at private and public university hospitals. The questionnaire items consisted of basic characteristics, a scale for sense of community among nurses, and a transformational leadership scale. Multiple regression was used to assess the relationship between these items.

　Results: Multiple regression with sense of community score for nurses as the dependent variable showed a significant relationship between sense of community and transformational leadership (β = 0.515, p < 0.01). Furthermore, individual consideration, which is a subscore of the transformational leadership score, was also significantly associated with sense of community among ward nurses (β = 0.400, p < 0.01).

　Conclusion: These results suggest that ward nurses' perceptions about the chief nurse's transformational leadership improves their sense of community.