Transformational Leadership and Innovative Work Behaviour of Nurses at Cape Coast Metropolis: the Moderating Role of Public Service Motivation

Abstract

The study aimed to research the results of Transformational Leadership and Innovative Work Behaviour of Nurses at Cape Coast Metropolis: The Moderating Role of Public Service Motivation. The study followed the positivism approach. The target population was nurses inside Cape Coast Metropolis and 581 were sampled. Stratified sampling techniques were utilized in the choice of the study respondents. Questionnaires were adopted by the researcher to gather data from the respondents within the hospitals. From the findings, it was found out that transformational leadership made a significant improvement in nurses� innovative work behaviours. Transformational leadership accounts for a considerable improvement in innovative work behaviours of nurses in Cape Coast Metropolis. Also, Public service motivation moderates significantly and positively on the impact of transformational leadership on innovative work. In the sight of this, recommended that those hospitals within Cape Coast Metropolis ought to adopt and apply transformational leadership and innovative work behaviours. The constraints of the study were that the study was also limited to only public nurses at cape Coast metropolis and that comprehensive analysis needs to be done across the country.