Al-Moamary Mohamed S, Al-Kadri Hanan M, Tamim Hani M
a King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences , Saudi Arabia .
b American University of Beirut , Lebanon.
Med Teach. 2016;38 Suppl 1:S19-25. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2016.1143092.
To study authentic leadership characteristics between academic leaders in a health sciences university.
Cross-sectional study at a health sciences university in Saudi Arabia. The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) was utilized to assess authentic leadership.
Out of 84 ALQs that were distributed, 75 (89.3%) were eligible. The ALQ scores showed consistency in the dimensions of self-awareness (3.45 ± 0.43), internalized moral prospective (3.46 ± 0.33) and balanced processing (3.42 ± 0.36). The relational transparency dimension had a mean of 3.24 ± 0.31 which was significantly lower than other domains. Academic leaders with medical background represented 57.3%, compared to 42.7% from other professions. Academic leaders from other professions had better ALQ scores that reached statistical significance in the internalized moral perspective and relational transparency dimensions with p values of 0.006 and 0.049, respectively. In reference to the impact of hierarchy, there were no significant differences in relation to ALQ scores. Almost one-third of academic leaders (34.7%) had Qualifications in medical education that did not show significant impact on ALQ scores.
There was less-relational transparency among academic leaders that was not consistent with other ALQ domains. Being of medical background may enhance leaders' opportunity to be at a higher hierarchy status but it did not enhance their ALQ scores when compared to those from other professions. Moreover, holding a master in medical education did not impact leadership authenticity.
研究一所健康科学大学中学术领导者的真实领导特征。
在沙特阿拉伯的一所健康科学大学进行横断面研究。使用真实领导问卷（ALQ）来评估真实领导。
在分发的84份ALQ问卷中，75份（89.3%）符合要求。ALQ得分在自我意识维度（3.45±0.43）、内化道德视角（3.46±0.33）和平衡处理维度（3.42±0.36）表现出一致性。关系透明度维度的均值为3.24±0.31，显著低于其他领域。具有医学背景的学术领导者占57.3%，其他专业的占42.7%。来自其他专业的学术领导者在ALQ得分上更高，在内化道德视角和关系透明度维度达到统计学显著差异，p值分别为0.006和0.049。关于层级的影响，ALQ得分没有显著差异。近三分之一的学术领导者（34.7%）拥有医学教育资格，但这对ALQ得分没有显著影响。
学术领导者之间的关系透明度较低，这与其他ALQ领域不一致。具有医学背景可能会增加领导者处于更高层级地位的机会，但与其他专业的领导者相比，这并没有提高他们的ALQ得分。此外，拥有医学教育硕士学位对领导真实性没有影响。
