Entrepreneurial Leadership Competency and its Effect on Authentic Followership at Samanoud Central Hospital

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faculity of nursing mansoura university

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Background: Entrepreneurial leadership plays a crucial role during this challenging period. Entrepreneurial leader creates health environment where the entrepreneurial competencies are focused on, and hence provide the authentic followership with the motivation to do more than their daily duties and put in the extra effort to be entrepreneurs. Aim: To assess the effect of entrepreneurial leadership competency on authentic followership at Samanoud Central Hospital. Methods: Descriptive correlational design was utilized and the study was conducted on 210 staff nurses from all inpatient unites at Samanoud Central Hospital. Two tools were used, entrepreneurial leadership competency questionnaire and authentic followership questionnaire. Results: More than half of the studied staff nurses had a high level of entrepreneurial leadership competency, and nearly half of them had a good level of authentic followership. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between entrepreneurial leadership competency and authentic followership. Conclusion: Improve perception of staff nurses about entrepreneurial leadership competency improved their perception about authentic followership. Recommendations: Support staff nurses for ongoing education and giving them opportunity for attending continuous training, workshops, and conferences. Enhance relation transparency among staff nurses by open and transparent communication with medical and administrative teams. Encouraging innovation and fostering creativity among nurses by providing necessary support and needed opportunities.
Keywords: Authentic Followership, Entrepreneurial Leader, Entrepreneurial Leadership Competency.

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