Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Int Dent J. 2020 Jun;70(3):193-200. doi: 10.1111/idj.12544. Epub 2020 Feb 3.
Leadership is crucial in all professions and organisations, including the oral health profession.
The aims of this analytical cross-sectional study were to evaluate the self-reported leadership behaviours and the factors influencing leadership behaviours among dentists who were heads of dental departments in community hospitals, southern Thailand.
The self-administered questionnaire was composed of four parts: personal data; a 45-item Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire version 5× short (MLQ 5× short); a 34-item organisational climate perception; and a 52-item emotional intelligence screening test.
Of 134 dentists, 133 returned the questionnaire, providing a 99.3% response rate. The scores on the transactional component had a mean score of 2.98 (SD = 0.46). The transformational scores ranged with a mean of 2.90 (SD = 0.49). The scores of the passive leadership component had the lowest results, with a mean of 1.21 (SD = 0.57). Afterwards, the highest score for each head of the dental department was examined and compared across the three components. Approximately 60% of the dentists fell on the transactional, 34.6% on the transformational and 2.3% on the passive-avoidant scale. Multiple linear regression showed that the factors influencing the leadership of the dentists included emotional intelligence, the professional position of the dentists and the perception of the organisational climate.
The majority of heads of dental departments had transactional leadership style followed by transformational leadership style, and passive-avoidance was the least common. Emotional intelligence, the professional position and the perception of the organisational climate significantly increased the transformational leadership score.
领导力在所有职业和组织中都至关重要，包括口腔健康行业。
本分析性横断面研究旨在评估在泰国南部社区医院牙科系主任中，自我报告的领导行为以及影响领导行为的因素。
自填式问卷由四部分组成：个人资料；45 项多因素领导问卷版本 5×短（MLQ 5×短）；34 项组织氛围感知；以及 52 项情绪智力筛选测试。
在 134 名牙医中，有 133 名牙医返回了问卷，应答率为 99.3%。交易成分的得分平均为 2.98（SD=0.46）。变革型得分范围为 2.90（SD=0.49）。被动领导成分的得分最低，平均为 1.21（SD=0.57）。然后，检查并比较了每个牙科系主任的最高分数，跨越三个组成部分。大约 60%的牙医处于交易型，34.6%处于变革型，2.3%处于被动回避型。多元线性回归显示，影响牙医领导力的因素包括情绪智力、牙医的专业地位和对组织氛围的感知。
大多数牙科系主任的领导风格是交易型，其次是变革型，而被动回避型则最少见。情绪智力、专业地位和对组织氛围的感知显著提高了变革型领导得分。
