Health Professionals work engagement at public health facilities, and its Relationship with clinical managers′ Leadership Style, and ΄ Self-determination from their prospective

Abstract

Background: Providing the greatest healthcare at a reasonable cost and retaining nursing staff are only two of the many intricate issues that healthcare organizations must deal with if they are to succeed. To manage and overcome these obstacles, a health workers leader must be well-prepared and possess an effective leadership style. First-line health workers supervisors' leadership philosophies can positively affect staff public health professionals ' Self-determination and engagement, which in turn can boost public health professionals ' output.

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the leadership style of first-line health workers supervisors and the Self-determination and work engagement of staff public health professionals . Settings: The study was conducted at primary healthcare centers in The study was conducted in the first zone of Jeddah-Saudia Arabia( 11 public health centers) . Subjects: 340 public health professionals with at least six months of experience who worked in the aforementioned units and were accessible for data collection, and who gave patients both direct and indirect care

Tools: The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire (CWEQ Ⅱ), and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5X Short Form were the three instruments utilized in this study. Findings: Staff public health professionals ' Self-determination and transformational leadership style had a significant positive high correlation (r = 0.754, p = 0.000*), while staff public health professionals ' work engagement and transformational leadership style had a significant positive moderate correlation (r = 0.575, p = 0.000*), according to the study. Furthermore, there was a negligible association (r = 0.047, p = 0.384) between staff public health professionals ' structural Self-determination and transactional leadership style. Additionally, a significant low connection was found between staff public health professionals ' work engagement and transactional leadership style (r = 0.129, p = 0.017*). Additionally, there was a strong inverse relationship between public health professionals and a laissez-faire leadership style.

Conclusion :

Health professionals in this study were moderately engaged at work. To increase employee engagement, healthcare facilities should strengthen their cultures of peer support, role clarity, reward, resilience, self-efficacy, and optimism. To assess the connection between health professionals' work engagement and cognitive demand, future researchers will conduct additional research. The Self-determination and work engagement of public health professionals are positively impacted by first-line health workers managers' transformational leadership style.