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Relationship Between Nursing Leadership Styles, Work-Family Conflict, and Nursing Errors Among Clinical Nurses at Selected Hospitals in Urmia, Iran
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Nastaran Sheidaei Khoshmehr1   , Monireh Rezaee moradali * , Esfandyar Baljani1 |
1- Department of Nursing, Ur.C., Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
Urmia Islamic Azad University, Department of Midwifery, Ur.C., Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran , m.rezaee1351@iau.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (28 Views) |
Background : Nurse supervisors' leadership style and nurses' work-family balance are important determinants of the quality and safety of nursing care. Work-family conflict and nursing errors are important challenges for health systems, yet evidence on the simultaneous role of leadership style in both outcomes is scarce. This study aimed to determine the relationship between nursing leadership styles (relationship-oriented and task-oriented) and work-family conflict and nursing errors among clinical nurses at Selected hospitals in Urmia, Iran, Iran.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 133 clinical nurses selected through multistage cluster sampling in 2025. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the Burdens and Metzkas Leadership Style Questionnaire, the Carlson et al. (2000) Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire, and a localized Nursing Error Questionnaire, and were analyzed using Spearman correlation and multiple linear regression in SPSS version 22 (significance level 0.05).
Results: Of the 133 nurses, 66.2% were women, and the mean age was 32.54 ± 7.12 years. Neither leadership style was significantly correlated with nursing errors (relationship-oriented: ρ = 0.093, p = 0.296; task-oriented: ρ = 0.096, p = 0.299). Relationship-oriented leadership was significantly and positively correlated with work-to-family conflict (ρ = 0.256, p = 0.005), family-to-work conflict (ρ = 0.202, p = 0.025), and total work-family conflict (ρ = 0.218, p = 0.017), and significantly predicted total conflict in multiple regression (Beta = 0.284, p = 0.003), whereas task-oriented leadership showed no significant association with any conflict dimension. Work-family conflict was not significantly correlated with nursing errors (all p > 0.34).
Conclusion: Contrary to expectation, supervisors' relationship-oriented leadership was associated with increased, rather than decreased, work-family conflict among nurses, while nursing errors appeared independent of both leadership style and work-family conflict. Leadership training for nursing supervisors should combine relationship-oriented skills with workload-management and work-family balance strategies.
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| Keywords: Leadership style, Work-family conflict, Nursing errors, Nurses |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2026/Oct/Sat | Accepted: 2026/Mar/Mon | Published: 2026/Mar/Mon
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