Transformational leadership, work climate and job performance among nurses in selected National Referral Hospitals of Kampala District

Abstract

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership, work climate and job performance among nurses in selected national referral hospitals of Kampala district. The study intended to achieve four objectives namely; to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and work climate, to examine the relationship between work climate and job performance, to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and job performance and to examine the mediating role of work climate on the relationship between transformational leadership and job performance. The study was quantitative specifically correlational design and simple random sampling was used to select participants. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from nurses working in Kiruddu and Kawempe national referral hospitals. Krejcie and Morgan (1970) estimation table was utilized to determine the sample size which was 186 participants and data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23. To test the hypotheses, Pearson Product Moment Correlational coefficient was used to test the relationship between Transformational Leadership, Work Climate and Job Performance whereas Process Macro by Hayes, (2022) was used to test the mediation effect. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between transformational leadership, work climate and job performance (r = .57, p<.01), (r = .33, p<.01), (r = .34, p<.01). The mediation findings also revealed that the mediator (work climate) was stronger and significant showing full mediation (B= .07 SE= .05, t= 1.28, p > .01). Based on the findings, it was concluded that hospitals with proper leadership and good work climate are likely to benefit from higher performance and eventually generate quality health care service delivery. Thereby, it is recommended that a positive work climate should be adopted and when it is done, the health management system will be better for job performance.