Table 4.

Senior staff nurses' perceived level of leadership styles of head nurses (N = 112).

Variables	Mean ± SD
Transformational leadership style	25.17 ± 7.31
I feel good when I am around my head nurse	1.97 ± 1.30
My head nurse provides me with new ways of looking at puzzling things	2.23 ± 1.10
My head nurse highlights the rewards available for what I accomplish	1.23 ± 1.38
I have full trust in my head nurse	1.98 ± 1.37
My head nurse gets me to rethink ideas that we had never questioned before	2.26 ± 1.12
My head nurse is satisfied when I meet agreed-upon standards	1.90 ± 1.28
I am proud to be associated with my head nurse	2.16 ± 1.15
My head nurse helps me to develop my selves	2.38 ± 1.05
As long as things are working, my head nurse does not try to change anything	2.05 ± 1.22
My head nurse expresses with a few simple words what we could and should do	2.20 ± 1.05
My head nurse informs me about their perspective on my performance	2.51 ± 1.03
My head nurse tells me the standards I need to know to carry out my work	2.29 ± 1.24
Transactional leadership style	12.97 ± 3.29
My head nurse provides appealing images about what we can do	2.25 ± 1.00
My head nurse gives personal attention to others who seem rejected	2.25 ± 1.16
My head nurse is content to let me continue working in the same way as always	2.16 ± 0.78
My head nurse helps me find meaning in my work	2.32 ± 1.01
My head nurse tells me what to do if I want to be rewarded for my work	1.61 ± 1.35
Whatever I want to do is okay with my head nurse	2.38 ± 0.84
Laissez-faire leadership style	5.66 ± 2.11
My head nurse enables me to think about old problems in new ways	2.23 ± 1.01
When I achieve my goals, my head nurse provides recognition or rewards	1.19 ± 1.31
No more is asked of me than what is essential by the head nurse	2.25 ± 0.89
Mean total leadership scale score (out of 110)	43.81 ± 10.90

Note: Detailed version of Table 4 is provided in the Appendix as supporting information (available here).