Charismatic leadership: impulse factor for initiative-oriented health care personnel in the Turkish public hospitals

Abstract

Methodology: We sampled 402 members of medical staff (physicians, medical technicians and nurses) in four Turkish public hospitals by using a questionnaire. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test hypothesized relationships between charismatic leadership, stress, job autonomy and initiative-oriented behavior. Results: We found a significant and positive relationship between charismatic leadership and initiative-oriented behavior. Stress produced a significant negative relationship with initiative-oriented behavior. However, the interaction between charismatic leadership and job autonomy was not significant. We concluded that charismatic leadership is the strongest predictor of initiative-oriented behavior followed by strain.