The Relationship between Servant Leadership Method and Organization Learning with Job Engagement of Nurses

Background and Objective: One of the most important motivating factors of nurses is improvement of their job engagement. Since the job engagement can be affected by various factors including the leadership style of nurse managers and organizational learning, this study intends to investigate the relationship between servant leadership method and organizational learning with job engagement of nurses in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Material and Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was performed during autumn and winter of 2012 among 914 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Ardabil University of Medical Sciences; of them 273 nurses were sampled regarding the Krejcie and Morgan table. Three questionnaires were used to gather data: Servant leadership style questionnaire Gholipour et al. Chiva et al. questionnaire of organizational learning and Salanova and Schaufeli job engagement questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (data frequency tables, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (stepwise multiple regression method and Pearson correlation) with SPSS-21. Results: The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between servant leadership method, organizational learning, and job engagement (p≤./01), and that servant leadership method and organizational learning can predict job engagement. Conclusion: Improving of organizational learning and servant leadership method components can improve and increase job engagement of nurses