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

Table 2

Scores of the dimensions of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction Survey for leaders (n = 24) and followers (n = 87), Sao Paulo, 2020.

Questionnaire dimensions	Median (1st; 3rd quartile)	Minimum maximum
Authentic leadership (ALQ)-SELF leader
Transparency	3.3 (3.0; 3.6)	2.4–4.0
Moral and ethical perspective	3.4 (2.9; 3.8)	2.3–4.0
Balanced processing	3.7 (3.2; 3.7)	2.7–4.0
Self-awareness	3.4 (2.9; 3.9)	2.0–4.0
Total	3.4 (3.1; 3.6)	2.6–4.0
Authentic leadership (ALQ)-RATER follower
Transparency	3.2 (2.6; 3.6)	0.4–4.0 (85)
Moral and ethical perspective	3.3 (2.8; 3.8)	0.8–4.0 (85)
Balanced processing	3.0 (2.5; 3.7)	0.7–4.0 (84)
Self-awareness	3.0 (2.3; 3.5)	0.0–4.0 (86)
Total	3.0 (2.6; 3.4)	0.4–4.0 (81)
Job satisfaction (JSS)-leader
Pay (4–24)	16.0 (12.0; 18.5)	8.0–22.0
Promotion (3–18)	14.0 (11.0; 15.0)	7.0–18.0
Supervision (4–24)	23.0 (19.0; 24.0)	14.0–24.0
Fringe benefits (3–18)	12.0 (10.0; 14.0)	3.0–18.0
Contingent rewards (4–24)	17.0 (14.5; 21.0)	9.0–24.0
Operating conditions (3–18)	9.0 (7.5; 10.5)	5.0–13.0
Coworkers (4–24)	19.0 (16.5; 20.0)	15.0–24.0
Nature of work (3–18)	16.0 (15.0; 17.5)	12.0–18.0
Communication (4–24)	19.0 (17.0; 21.0)	14.0–23.0
Total score (32–192)	104.0 (98.5; 120.0)	80.0–130.0
Job satisfaction (JSS)-follower
Pay (4–24)	15.0 (12.0; 17.0)	4.0–24.0 (87)
Promotion (3–18)	11.0 (8.0; 13.0)	3.0–17.0 (87)
Supervision (4–24)	20.0 (17.0; 23.0)	8.0–24.0 (87)
Fringe benefits (3–18)	11.0 (9.0; 13.0)	3.0–18.0 (87)
Contingent rewards (4–24)	16.0 (13.0; 19.0)	4.0–24.0 (87)
Operating conditions (3–18)	9.0 (7.0; 11.0)	4.0–14.0 (87)
Coworkers (4–24)	18.0 (15.0; 20.0)	8.0–24.0 (87)
Nature of work (3–18)	16.0 (14.0; 18.0)	7.0–18.0 (87)
Communication (4–24)	17.0 (15.0; 20.0)	4.0–24.0 (87)
Total score (32–192)	98.0 (88.0; 113.0)	57.0–135.0 (87)

Note. ALQ, Authentic Leadership Questionnaire; JSS, Job Satisfaction Survey.