Leadership styles in health crisis management : study of governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip

Other Title(s)

أنماط القيادة في إدارة الأزمات الصحية : دراسة المستشفيات الحكومية في قطاع غزة

Dissertant

al-Jamal, Bilal Adnan Subhi

Thesis advisor

al-Jaysh, Yusuf Ibrahim

University

Islamic University

Faculty

Faculty of Science

University Country

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

During working under risk and uncertainty- which accompany the recurrent criseswhich Gaza Strip (GS) suffers from- we may face many difficulties from time to time.

Moreover, these difficulties may arise from the unfit leadership style and the leader's behavior with the employees and subordinates especially in the shortage of numbers of employees and medical supplies in GS.

Aim of study: The main aim of this study was to explore the leadership styles in health crisis management among health care providers at governmental hospitals in GS.

Methods: The researcher used observational analytical, cross-sectional design.

The study sample was proportional stratified sample, consisted of 270 participants from three main governmental hospitals in GS which were Al Shifa medical complex, Nasser Medical Complex (NMC) and Europian Gaza hospital (EGH).

For data collection, the researcher used modified a questionnaire which derived from two questionnaires were developed and used in two previous studies.

The questionnaire was validated by a panel of experts and pilot study on 30 participants and Cronbache alpha coefficient was 0.

920.

Results: The results revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in both leadership styles and health crisis management related to gender, age, qualification and marital status according to respondent's view.

On the other hand, findings showed that there were statistical significant differences in both leadership styles and health crisis management due to department in favor participants whose supervisory managerial positions, also there is a significant difference between all leadership styles and training course as well as health crisis management, and only 20% of participants have courses in crisis management.There were statistically significant differences between charismatic leadership style and job description in favor of the nurses.There were statistically significant differences between participants regarding hospital in health crisis management in favor of participants who worked at NMC.

The researcher stated that all of transformational, transactional and charismatic leadership styles are effective during health crisis in hospitals.

Recommendations: the study recommends to activate the department of crisis management at the Ministry of Health (MoH) to implement training courses in the field of crisis management and to carry out further studies in the field of health crisis management.

Main Subjects

Business Administration

Topics

• Health facilities
• Gaza Strip
• Crisis management
• Administrative Leadership
• Public hospitals

No. of Pages

113

Table of Contents

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• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-900939