Relationship between the Transformational Leadership Style and Communication Climate in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study

Transformational leadership styles and communication climate in the intensive care
units (I.C.Us) foster innovation behaviors of staff nurses in organization, in particular, in the
I.C.Us. Objective: To assess and compare the relationship of transformational leadership
style and communication climate. Setting: I.C.Us (Damanhour National Medical Institute
(DNMI) and Alexandria Main University Hospital (AMUH). Subjects: 141 staff nurses who
are working in the previously mentioned two hospitals: 62 staff nurses at DNMI, 79 staff
nurses at AMUH. Tools: Tool I: Multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ), Tool II:
communication climate inventory questionnaire (CCIQ). Results: No significant difference
were found in both total level of: transformational leadership style and communication
climate in the two hospitals. Moreover, in DNMI had proved to be significantly positive
strong correlation between total transformational leadership style with total communication
climate and in AMUH had proved to be significantly moderate correlation between total
transformational leadership style with total communication climate. Conclusion: a significant
positive strong correlation between total transformational leadership style with total
communication climate in DNMI while a significant positive moderate correlation between
total transformational leadership style with total communication climate in AMUH.
Recommendations: In-service training program should be conducted periodically for head
nurses and staff nurses about different leadership styles, its importance and its impact in the
communication climate in the intensive care units.