Beyond the Stethoscope: Unpacking Leadership, Motivation, and Job Satisfaction among Nurses in Multan's Hospitals

Abstract

Employees’ Satisfaction plays a key role in making them productive and performing well
according to their institutional agenda. There is a great connection between employees’ motivation
and satisfaction, which is controlled and monitored by leadership. This paper aimed to examine
the impact of leadership and motivation on nurses’ job satisfaction in selected hospitals of Multan
city in Southern-Punjab, Pakistan with a population of 550 nursing staff members. The quantitative
research method was adopted with the help of a questionnaire while the convenience random
sampling method was used with a non-probability sampling technique to collect primary data
through the questionnaires. These questionnaires were filled up online (76.5%) as well as
physically (23.5%) ensuing a response rate of 100% in 230 samples in the available population.
Among these received back questionnaires 98.3% responses i.e., 226 questionnaires were
considered to be valid for the analysis of data, its validation, and investigation of measurements,
and for structural modeling using SPSS and SMART-PLS. Through the study, it is deduced that
well-motivated nursing staff led by appropriate leadership style will increase nurses' job
satisfaction and is expected to exhibit higher organizational commitment and dedication. The
factors like democratic transformational leadership, general motivation, organizational
commitment, conscientiousness, and timeline and attendance have a significant association with
the job satisfaction of nursing staff. While other factors like transformational leadership and
autocratic transformational leadership have no significant impact on job satisfaction of nursing
staff. The study also reveals that it is very important for health care leaders to be aware of how
leadership styles and motivation affect job satisfaction of nursing staff because these factors
influence on job performance, service delivery motivation, and achievement of organizational
objectives. The findings of the study may be used in the implementation of strategic policies for
enhancing nursing staff’s job satisfaction through motivating and appropriate leadership styles.
The study demonstrates the influence of leadership style on motivation and job satisfaction of
nursing staff in Multan city of South Punjab, Pakistan.