The relationship between ethical leadership, conscientiousness, and moral courage from nurses’ perspective

Abstract

Background Nurses’ conscientiousness and moral courage are essential to providing high quality care. Leadership is one of the factors that may be very effective in strengthening these characteristics in nurses. Among leadership styles, the ethical leadership has a special value. This study investigated the relationship between ethical leadership of nursing managers, conscientiousness, and moral courage from the nurses’ perspective. Methods In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 180 nurses working in hospitals of Yazd, central Iran, were selected through simple random sampling. Three questionnaires: the “Ethical Leadership”, “Conscientiousness”, and “Moral Courage” were used to collect data. Data were analyzed with SPSS20 using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results There was a positive and significant relationship between conscientiousness and moral courage with ethical leadership from the nurses’ perspective (P < 0.05). The relationship between conscientiousness and moral courage was also significant (P < 0.05). The regression analysis showed that ethical leadership can be considered as a predictor of conscientiousness and moral courage. Conclusion The relationship between ethical leadership and conscientiousness and moral courage suggests that nursing managers, by adopting such an approach in leadership, can increase conscientiousness and moral courage in nurses.

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