Leadership of the supervisor nurse in the motivation of direct care staff in a Hospital of Second Level in Ica, Perú

Abstract

Objective: the objective of the research is to determine the leadership style of the supervising nurses and their influence on the motivation of the direct care nursing staff of a second level hospital in the city of Ica, Peru.

Theoretical framework: leadership is the process of directing and influencing the work activities of a group. Motivation is the stimulus that moves people to perform certain actions and persist in them until the achievement of goals.

Methodology: quantitative, descriptive, correlatio­nal, explanatory and transversal research. The dimen­sions of the independent variable Leadership Style were: democratic, autocratic and liberal and the de­pendent variable Motivation were intrinsic and extrin­sic. The sample consisted of 72 participants selected through simple probabilistic sampling.

Results: nurses were 51% highly motivated by the style of leadership, motivated by 25%, moderately motivated by 8%, 10% not motivated and 6% not motivated. Regarding the intrinsic motivation, 42% is highly motivated, 25% motivated, 17% moderately motivated, 10% not motivated and 7% not motivated.

Discussion: the results reflect that nurses are motivated extrinsically and intrinsically with the three styles of leadership, which could be due to the Supervisor Nurses convening meetings to inform about the activities to be carried out, to consult ideas and opinions, accepting their Contributions where possible and practical. Conclusions: There is a positive relationship between the leadership style of the supervising nurses and the motivation of the staff.