Abstract

Background: Emotional intelligence plays a significant role in many aspects of leaders. It is important to make effective decisions in day to day life in an organization.

Aims: Assess emotional intelligence and decision-making styles among Nurse Managers and explore relationship between emotional intelligence, decision-making styles, and personal characteristics of Nurse Managers at Assiut University Hospitals.

Subject and method: The study was carried out at the main Assiut Univversity Hospital (no= 58), The Pediatric Health Hospital (no=12) and The El-Rajhy Assiut Hospital (no=20) nurse mangers. Self– administered questionnaire sheet which consisted of three parts: Personal characteristics data, Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, and Decision-making styles Questionnaire.

Result: Showed that, there was high Level of Nurse Managers emotional intelligence (66.7%) at Pediatric Health Hospital than at Main Assiut University Hospital & El Rajhy Assiut Hospital (63.8% & 60.0%) respectively, the high mean scores were in participative style of decision-making in all Assiut University Hospitals,.

Conclusion: There was high Level of Nurse Managers emotional intelligence at Pediatric Health Hospital than at Main Assiut University Hospital & El Rajhy Assiut Hospital, the high mean scores were in participative decision-making style in all Assiut University Hospitals, a positive significant correlation between age and emotional intelligence. Nurse Managers’ emotional intelligence had significant relationships with Bachelor qualification and years of experience. While, there was a negative correlation between authoritative decision-making style and emotional intelligence, and negative correlation among delegative decision-making style and nurse managers who are married, had a bachelor’s degree of Nursing, and administrative years of experience.

Keywords: Emotional intelligence; Decision-making styles; Nurse managers