According the results, it was found that
situational leadership styles had no relationship with
job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
In regard to leadership style adaptability of
head nurses, findings indicated that head nurses’
leadership style adaptability was in a moderate level,
and none of head nurses had a high level. Since head
nurses did not use proper leadership styles by using
too often of “Participating” (S3) and “Selling” (S2) so,
their leadership style adaptability resulted in a moderate
level and needed self-development. So, they mainly
used only 2 mentioned leadership styles. In addition,
the present study found that about half of head nurses
received training about leadership and nursing
administration. As a result, the leadership style
adaptability of head nurses was in a moderate level
and needed self-development. In compare the level of
adaptability of head nurses to another study’, they
appeared to gain different outcomes. The present study
of Sompit Karndumri(20), which studied the motivation
and leadership effectiveness among head nurses
working in the over 90-beds hospital in Chiangmai,
founded that a lot of head nurses had leadership