Association between Ethical Leadership with Self-Efficacy and General Health of Nurses

Self-efficacy and general health are effective factors on nurseschr('39') performance and providing better care. Nursing leaders have a prominent role in creating a suitable work environment and conditions that can affect the self-efficacy and general health of nurses. One of the leadership approaches is Ethical leadership. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between ethical leadership with self-efficacy and general health of nurses.

This is a descriptive correlational study that was conducted in 2020. A total of 205 nurses working in Khatam Al-Anbia and Shahid Beheshti hospitals in Yazd/Iran were selected by census method. Data collection tools were demographic questionnaire, ethical leadership of Brown et al., Schwarzer & Jerusalem self-efficacy, and Goldberg general health. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA, and t-test) in SPSS 20.

The average ethical leadership, self-efficacy, and general health from the nurseschr('39') point of view were 33.80 ± 7.72, 30.74 ± 4.16, and 24.02 ± 6.68, respectively. Among the dimensions of general health, the highest mean was related to social dysfunction and the lowest mean was related to depression. Regarding the dimensions of ethical leadership, the average dimension of ethical person (59.65 ± 19.98) and ethical manager (59.26 ± 21.25) were almost the same. The results of Pearson test showed that there is a positive correlation between ethical leadership and its dimensions with nurseschr('39') self-efficacy and a negative correlation with general health disorder (P <0.05).

Increasing the level of ethical leadership in nursing managers improves the self-efficacy and general health of nurses. Therefore, a better understanding of the concepts of this leadership approach and its application by nursing managers, promotes the self-efficacy and general health of nurses and subsequently provides better care.