Role of Spiritual Leadership and Work Ethics on Quality of Nurses`s Work Life

Quality of work life is one of the variables that are considered by many managers who seek to improve the quality of human resources. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of spiritual leadership and work ethics on the quality of work life of nurses. The statistical population of this descriptive-correlational study was nurses working in educational hospitals in Ardabil in 2017. The sample size was estimated 260 persons using the Krejcie and Morgan table. Sampling was done by random-stratified method. Fry et al, s Spiritual Leadership, Gregory, s Work ethics and Anderson & Brooks, s Nursing Quality of Work Life questionnairs were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23 software. There was a positive correlation between spiritual leadership with quality of work life (r=0.43, p<0.01) and nurses' work ethics (r=0.33, p <0.01). Also, there was a significant positive correlation between work ethics and quality of work life (r=0.39, p<0.01). Using regression analysis, the variables of spiritual leadership and work ethics explained 0.29 of the variances in quality of work life of nurses. The findings point to the relationship between spiritual leadership, work ethics and quality of work life of nurses. In order to improve the quality of work life of nurses, it is suggested that hospital managers pay attention towards the implementation of spiritual leadership style, as well as promotion of nursing ethics.