Relationship between Servant Leadership and Head Nurses integrity

Background: Integrity is considered a hallmark of leadership styles that appear to promote ethical behavior such as transformational, authentic, as servant leadership styles, and integrity produces more effective organizational leadership. Aim: To examine the relation between servant leadership and head nurses integrity at Hamdy Eltabakh Hospital. Methods: A descriptive, correlational research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at all ICU, inpatient units (medical and surgical), emergency and outpatient clinics (N=22) at Hamdy Eltabakh Hospital. Subjects: Composed of two groups, all head nurses and their assistants (N=44), and all staff nurses (N=300). Tools: Servant Leadership Scale (SLS) and Perceived Leader Integrity scale (PLIS). Results: There was statistically positive significant correlation between total servant leadership and all its dimensions and total integrity and all its dimensions. Conclusion: There was highly statistically positive significant correlation between total servant leadership and total integrity. Recommendations: Help team members to become leaders for themselves through leading by example and providing team with opportunities to grow and develop.