The relationship between leadership style and time management in senior and middle nursing managers

Background and research: Leadership styles are categorized in different ways, and time management as one of the determinants of leadership success is of great importance. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the dominant leadership style of nursing managers and their use of time management skills. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive study. The population of the study consisted of 485 senior and middle managers of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, among which 182 were selected by simple random sampling method. In this research, three separate questioner consist of demographic information questionnaires, the leadership style of Bass and Avolio managers and the time management of Nazem questionnaire were used. Findings: Most of the research units leadership style consist of task oriented, then humanistic and then non-interventional. The task-oriented leadership style at the significance level of 0.05 has the strongest correlation with time management, but the non-intervention leadership style is not correlated with time management. Conclusion: Managers need to pay more attention to time management because their ability to gain individual skills in managing time has a positive effect on organizational skills and as a result of increasing organizational productivity.