Background
Workaholism develops as a result of working long hours to reach mutually agreedupon
goals by ethical leaders who serve as role models and encourage ethical
behavior.
Aim
To examine the relationship between nursing supervisors’ ethical leadership and
their workaholism as perceived by staff nurses.
Design
A descriptive correlational research design was adopted to achieve the study.
Setting
The study was conducted at Sohag University Hospital.
Patients
As convenience samples, 25 nursing supervisors and 240 staff nurses were
recruited.
Tools
Three tools were used for data collection as follows: demographic data forms and
ethical leadership and workaholism analysis questionnaires.
Results
Overall, 53.3% of staff nurses reported leaders with low levels of ethical leadership,
whereas 46.7% of them were led by ethical leaders. Moreover, 73.3% of leaders
had low levels of workaholism, whereas 26.7% of leaders had high levels of
workaholism.
Conclusion
There were statistically significant differences and positive relations between
ethical leadership and workaholism among the recruited participants.
Recommendations
Training programs should be conducted to teach nursing supervisors about ethical
leadership, as well as the dangers of workaholism and how to prevent them.