Relationship between management styles and nurses’ retention at private hospitals

Available online 21 September 2011

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine

Figures & data

Table 1 Distribution of the studied nurses according to their socio demographic characteristics.

Socio-demographic characteristics	Studied nurses (n = 228)
	No	%
Age
<20	10	4.4
20−	182	79.8
30−	31	13.6
40+	5	2.2
Sex
Male	39	17.1
Female	189	82.9
Marital status
Single	176	77.2
Married	48	21.1
Divorced/widow	4	1.7
Educational level
Secondary diploma	78	34.2
Technical health institute diploma	47	20.6
BSc	103	45.2
Type of unit
Inpatient	109	47.8
Coronary care unit	12	5.3
Intensive care unit	89	39.0
Neonates Intensive care unit	18	7.9
Years of experience in unit
<1	68	29.8
1–<3	72	31.6
3–<5	50	21.9
5+	38	16.7
Shift
Morning shift	28	12.3
Evening shift	7	3.1
Night shift	31	13.6
Rotating	162	71.0

Table 2 Nurses perception of management styles as distributed by their study hospitals.

Management styles	Study hospitals						Total
	El Shefaa (n = 36)		El Salama New hospital (n = 113)		Alexandria New Medical Center (n = 79)
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Exploitative/authoritative	0	0.00	1	0.90	9	11.40	10	4.40
Benevolent/authoritative	12	33.30	37	32.70	29	36.70	78	34.20
Consultative	20	55.60	73	64.60	38	48.10	131	57.50
Participative	4	11.10	2	1.80	3	3.80	9	3.90
X^2	26.68^*

* p ⩽ 0.05 at 5% level denotes a significant difference.

Table 3 Distribution for reasons for quitting as perceived by studied nurses at study hospitals.

Study hospitals		Retained	Reasons for quitting					Total quitting percent
			Obligatory reasons		Non obligatory reasons
			Family obligations	Non family obligations	Transfer to other hospital	Resignation	Termination of services
El Shefaa	No	24	3	6	1	2	0	12
	%	66.70	8.30	16.70	2.80	5.60	0.00	33.4
El Salama New hospital	No	65	5	15	6	22	0	48
	%	57.50	4.40	13.30	5.30	19.50	0.00	42.5
Alex New Medical center	No	61	3	2	0	10	3	18
	%	77.20	3.80	2.50	0.00	12.70	3.80	22.8
Total	No	150	11	23	7	34	3	78
	%	65.80	4.80	10.10	3.10	14.90	1.30	34.2
X^2	9.46^*

* p ⩽ 0.05 at 5% level denotes a significant difference.

Table 4 Relationship between mean percentage of management styles and non obligatory quitting among studied nurses.

Management style	Non obligatory quitting				X^2
	Retained		Quit
	No	%	No	%
Exploitative/authoritative	5	62.50	3	37.50	9.138^*
Benevolent/authoritative	44	67.70	21	32.30
Consultative	96	85.70	16	14.30
Participative	5	83.30	1	16.70
Total	150	78.50	41	21.50

* p ⩽ 0.05 at 5% level denotes a significant difference.

Table 5 Non obligatory reasons for quitting by work duration in months among studied nurses at study hospitals.

Study hospitals	Non obligatory reasons of quitting	Kruskal Wallis X^2
	X ± SD
El Shefaa hospital (n = 3)	6.67 ± 4.619	1.624
El Salama New hospital (n = 28)	19.32 ± 19.083
Alexandria New Medical Center (n = 10)	27.4 ± 31.444
Total	20.37 ± 22.283