The staff members of a unit are inspired by their nurse-manager's leadership and enjoy working to create a positive nursing environment of the unit's patients. What style of leadership does this situation best describe?
1. Transformational
2. Authoritarian
3. Laissez-faire
4. Situational
Correct Answer: 1
Transformational leadership "reconsiders the characteristics of the leader-manager, reemphasizes the vision that the leader-manager shares with the group, and stresses the importance of preparing people for change." In situational leadership, levels of direction and support vary according to the level of maturity of the employee and group, and to the situation occurring. In authoritarian leadership, the leader makes the decisions for the group. Laissez-faire leadership is nondirectional, is characterized by inactivity or passivity, and is permissive with few commands, questions, criticisms, or suggestions.
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