Transformational Nursing Leadership Practices, Staff Retention and Promotion of Quality Healthcare Training: Evidence from Nursing Colleges in Ghana

Abstract

This paper examined the dynamics of transformational leadership practices, staff retention and promotion of quality healthcare training. The study focused on nurses and midwives training colleges in Ghana. The paper employed quantitative analytical procedure and survey design. Questionnaire was used for the collecting the data. Multi-stage sampling technique was used which emphasised cluster and simple random sampling techniques. Sample size of 102 was used. 78 out of the 102 questionnaires were obtained and processed. Mean scale and standard multiple regression were employed for the analyses. The study revealed although the level of perceived transformational leadership practices is low, all the constructs exhibited significant positive effect on staff retention except Intellectual Stimulation (IS) which revealed insignificant positive effect. It was further found that although all the transformational leadership constructs exhibited positive effect, only Inspirational Motivation and Intellectual Stimulation (IS) are significant. However, when moderated by staff retention, all the transformational leadership constructs revealed significant and improved positive influence on perceived quality healthcare training. It is therefore recommended that policy in improving quality healthcare training should integrate both the promotion of transformational leadership and improved staff retention in nurses and midwives training colleges in Ghana.

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Staff Retention, Promotion of Quality Healthcare Training, Principals

DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/12-4-03

Publication date: February 28^th 2022