The result of this study indicated that nurses who were working at Jimma University Specialized Hospital preferred managers who are transformational leaders. This implies that transformational leadership style promotes job satisfaction of nurses leading to improved performance and reducing the turnover of nurses. McClosky and McCain (40) found out that nurses’ job performance increased proportionally with increased job satisfaction. Therefore, nurses managers should consider the following important points:
The mission and vision of the hospital should be clear to each nurse in order to enable him/her transform the mission and vision into ward objectives;
Nurses should understand the jointly set goals and the nurse manager should foster innovative thinking to consider the existing working standard in a new way so as to improve individual and team productivity;
Nurse managers should develop more trust and confidence in their nurses and it is