| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance of the topic. An analysis of scientific literature and research revealed that the healthcare sector faces challenges such as a shortage of healthcare professionals, migration and turnover of existing staff, complex bureaucratic mechanisms, heavy workloads, and burnout syndrome. Researchers unanimously agree that the institution's well-being and functionality depend on the leadership effectiveness of healthcare institution managers. Leadership in the healthcare sector is defined as the appropriate actions of a manager that enable change, create opportunities to foster employee motivation, and strengthen organizational commitment, thereby contributing to higher- quality healthcare services. It can be stated that the most critical factor is the manager's leadership style, interpreted as a combination of personal traits, skills, and behaviors aimed at influencing employees and enhancing their organizational commitment. In scientific literature, organizational commitment is regarded as an unequivocally positive factor that positively impacts operational efficiency and is associated with higher employee productivity, commitment, loyalty, and identification with the organization’s identity. By ensuring an appropriate leadership role in healthcare institutions, a positive influence on employee behavior is established, which leads to employees identifying with the organization and improving operational efficiency. This, in turn, facilitates the continuous delivery of professional and high-quality healthcare services. Considering this, it can be stated that this study is relevant; however, the context of personal healthcare institutions has not been extensively explored. The object of the study – the impact of manager’s leadership style on employees' organizational commitment. The aim of the study - to reveal the impact of manager’s leadership style on employees' organizational commitment in health care sector. Main results of the study. During the conducted research, it was found that the respondents among the managers of the healthcare sector most actively monitor the expression of the passive leadership style. During the research, it was identified that the general organizational commitment of employees among the respondents is below average, however, the emotional commitment dimension stood out as being rated higher than the overall construct of organizational commitment. When studying the influence of the manager's leadership style on the organizational commitment of employees, it was identified that the passive and transformational leadership style has a moderate positive influence on overall organizational commitment and only a weak positive influence on its dimensions. |
