Factors Contributing to the Implementation of Situational Leadership in Hospitals

An organization's success in achieving its goals is influenced by the leader. But in carrying
out its leadership, leaders often experience obstacles from various factors. This study aimed to consider factors
that influence the application of situational leadership in hospitals. A cross-sectional quantitative research
design was used with a population of 162 nurses and a sample of 115 nurses. The independent variables were
leader internal factors, nurse factors, job characteristics; and the independent variable was situational
leadership. The instrument was in the form of a questionnaire related to the internal factor variables of the
leader: 25 questions, the factor of nurses: 13 questions, job characteristics: 10 questions, and situational
leadership: 32 questions. Multivariate analysis with multiple linear regression tests was used. There was a joint
effect of internal leader factors, nurse factors and job characteristics on the application of situational leadership
with a value of p = 0.000 (p <0.00) and R Square 0.437 (43.7%) where the dominant factor was the nurse factor.
The results of the analysis of multiple linear regression tests obtained a significance value of internal factors
leader of p = 0.000 (p <0.05); nurse factor p = 0.000 (p <0.05); and job characteristics p = 0.601 (p> 0.05).
Internal leadership factors and nurse factors influence the application of situational leadership while job
characteristics do not affect it. Influential factors are used as the basis for implementing situational leadership
in hospitals referring to aspects of increasing nurses' knowledge and expectations.