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Abstract
Background: Span of control plays an important role in health
organizations and has implications for organizational structure. In
addition leadership styles are sets or clusters of behaviors used in the
process of effecting leadership. Aim: This study aimed to assess span
of control indicators and leadership styles among head nurses.
Design: A descriptive correlation design was used. Settings: The
study conducted at Ain-Shams University Hospitals where the study
subjects worked. Subjects included (98) head nurses and (210) staff
nurses. Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using two
tools Span of Control Indicators Questionnaire and Multifactor
Leadership Questionnaire. Results: 99% of head nurses uses
individual consideration dimension of transformational leadership
style while, 93.0% of staff nurses asserted that head nurses uses
management by exception (active) dimension of transactional
leadership style. Conclusion: There was statistically significant
relation between head nurses’ span of control and the item of the extra
effort outcomes of leadership. Recommendations: providing
continuing education through attending conferences and workshops
should provide to head nurses about leadership and span of control
and how to deal with problems according to organizational hierarchy
and conducting further study to discuss the factors that affecting
leadership styles and span of control.
Key words: Span of control - leadership styles- head nurses.