Authentic Leadership, Personality Types, and Job Satisfaction: Study with Nurses in a Private Hospital

Table 1

Demographic characteristics.

	Leader	Followers
(1) Gender
Female	20 (83.3%)	76 (87.4%)
Male	4 (16.7%)	11 (12.6%)
(2) Age (years)
Average (standard deviation)	40 (6)	36 (7)
Minimum-maximum	31–55 (18)	22–55 (80)
(3) Time since graduation
0–5 years	0 (0.0%)	27 (31.0%)
6–12 years	8 (33.3%)	37 (42.6%)
13–20 years	11 (45.9%)	16 (18.4%)
21 years or more	5 (20.8%)	7 (8.0%)
(4) Postgraduate degree in a technical area (such as intensive care, public health, etc.)
No	3 (12.5%)	25 (28.7%)
Yes	21 (87.5%)	62 (71.3%)
(5) Postgraduate degree in process areas (such as quality, auditing, MBA in management, etc.)
No	13 (54.2%)	67 (77.0%)
Yes	11 (45.8%)	20 (23.0%)
(6) Years of experience as a nurse
0–5 years	0 (0.0%)	32 (36.8%)
6–10 years	5 (20.8%)	35 (40.2%)
11–15 years	9 (37.5%)	9 (10.3%)
16 years or more	10 (41.7%)	11 (12.7%)
(7) Years of experience in the current company?
0–5 years	0 (0.0%)	26 (29.9%)
6–10 years	8 (33.3%)	26 (29.9%)
11–15 years	10 (41.7%)	22 (25.3%)
16 years or more	6 (25.0%)	13 (14.9%)
(8) Years working in the position of nurse supervisor/leader/senior?
0–6 months	1 (4.2%)	38 (43.7%)
7–12 months	2 (8.3%)	36 (41.4%)
1–5 years	11 (45.8%)	6 (6.9%)
More than 6 years	10 (41.7%)	7 (8.0%)
(9) Nurses under your responsibility
None	0 (0.0%)	Not applied
1–10	9 (40.9%)	Not applied
11–20	8 (36.4%)	Not applied
21–30	1 (4.5%)	Not applied
31 or more	4 (18.2%)	Not applied
(10) Number of nursing auxiliaries and technicians under your responsibility
None	0 (0.0%)	Not applied
1–10	3 (12.5%)	Not applied
11–20	6 (25.0%)	Not applied
21–30	3 (12.5%)	Not applied
31 or more	12 (50.0%)	Not applied
(11) Time working in the current area
0–6 months	2 (8.3%)	10 (11.5%)
7–12 months	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.7%)
1–5 years	4 (16.7%)	37 (42.6%)
6 years or more	18 (75.0%)	35 (40.2%)
(12) Work shift
Day	21 (87.5%)	60 (69.0%)
Night	3 (12.5%)	27 (31.0%)

22 answers for the 9^th question. Leaders = 24; followers = 87.