The effects of self-leadership levels of health workers on job satisfaction and job stress

It is expressed that the leadership models of the last century are products of hierarchical and bureaucratic paradigms and that these leadership models are effective for economies focused on physical production, but not for knowledge-oriented economies. Nowadays, Increasing workload on the leader, introducing alternative theories about leadership, increasing need for leadership revision brought the effects of leadership has become clear. Unlike traditional leadership approaches, self-leadership is one of the approaches that have emerged as an alternative to leadership. Self-leadership is the process of motivating and orienting itself, using some behavioral and cognitive strategies to achieve one's individual and organizational success. The aim of this study is to determine whether self-leadership levels of health workers differ according to individual characteristics and to demonstrate the effects of self-leadership levels of employees on job satisfaction and job stress. The research was carried out in an educational and research hospital in Ankara. The questionnaire was distributed to the employees and then questionnaire forms were collected. Within the scope of the research, 357 health workers were reached and the data obtained from these persons were evaluated. As a result of the analysis, relationship between self-leadership sub-dimensions, job satisfaction, and job stress is generally moderate and low. It was observed that the mean of the self-leadership sub-dimensions showed statistically significant differences according to the employees' gender, age, marital status, the duties in the hospital, the income status, the study period in the total sector and whether or not they received leadership education. In the light of regression analyzes; it has been determined that the evaluations of the employees' self-leadership sub-dimensions have positive effects on job satisfaction and job stress. Consequently, encouraging self-leadership in healthcare organizations will increase the job satisfaction of employees and reduce job stress. Keywords Self-leadership, job satisfaction, job stress, healthcare institutions, health workers, hospital