The relationship between leadership style and health worker motivation, job satisfaction and teamwork in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leadership is key to strengthening performance of Health Systems. Leadership styles are important organizational antecedents, especially in influencing employee's motivation, job satisfaction, and teamwork. There is limited research exploring this relationship among health workers in resource-limited settings such as Uganda. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles and motivation, job satisfaction, and teamwork of health workers in Uganda.

Method

We conducted a cross-sectional study in 3 geographic regions of Uganda in November 2015, using self-administered questionnaires with 564 health workers from 228 health facilities. Data were collected on health workers' perception of

SUBMITTER: Musinguzi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922238 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature