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

Table 5

Correlation between the dimensions of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction Survey for leaders and personality types (n = 24), Sao Paulo, 2020.

Extraversion (n = 13)

Introversion (n = 11)

value

Sensing (n = 20)

Intuition (n = 4)

value

Feeling (n = 8)

Thinking (n = 16)

value

Judging (n = 20)

Perceiving (n = 4)

value

ALQ transparency

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

3.2 (3.0; 3.6)

3.4 (2.8; 3.6)

0.733

3.4 (3.0; 3.6)

3.1 (2.7; 3.6)

0.477

3.4 (3.2; 3.7)

3.2 (3.0; 3.6)

0.417

3.2 (3.0; 3.6)

3.6 (3.1; 3.9)

0.431

ALQ moral and ethical perspective

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

3.5 (3.3; 3.8)

3.3 (2.5; 3.8)

0.150

3.4 (2.9; 3.8)

3.5 (3.0; 3.9)

0.737

3.6 (2.6; 3.9)

3.3 (3.0; 3.8)

0.928

3.5 (3.0; 3.8)

3.0 (2.9; 3.5)

0.575

ALQ balanced processing

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

3.7 (3.0; 3.7)

3.7 (3.3; 4.0)

0.424

3.7 (3.2; 3.7)

3.7 (3.3; 3.8)

0.682

3.7 (3.2; 4.0)

3.7 (3.2; 3.7)

0.452

3.7 (3.2; 3.7)

3.5 (3.2; 3.8)

0.970

ALQ self-awareness

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

3.5 (3.0; 3.8)

3.3 (2.8; 4.0)

0.955

3.3 (2.8; 3.9)

3.5 (3.3; 3.8)

0.525

3.8 (3.0; 4.0)

3.1 (2.9; 3.6)

0.192

3.5 (3.0; 3.9)

2.9 (2.6; 3.5)

0.347

Total ALQ

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

3.4 (3.1; 3.6)

3.4 (2.9; 3.5)

0.569

3.4 (3.1; 3.6)

3.3 (3.1; 3.7)

0.970

3.5 (3.3; 3.7)

3.3 (3.0; 3.5)

0.320

3.4 (3.1; 3.6)

3.2 (3.0; 3.7)

0.575

JSS pay

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

16.0 (14.0; 18.0)

16.0 (9.0; 19.0)

0.910

16.0 (13.5; 18.5)

11.0 (8.0; 16.5)

0.183

17.5 (10.0; 18.5)

15.5 (13.5; 18.0)

0.881

16.5 (12.5; 19.0)

14.0 (10.5; 15.5)

0.183

JSS promotion

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

14.0 (12.0; 15.0)

13.0 (11.0; 15.0)

0.691

14.0 (12.5; 15.0)

8.5 (7.0; 12.5)

0.097

15.0 (9.0; 15.0)

13.5 (11.5; 15.0)

0.610

14.0 (11.0; 15.0)

13.5 (10.0; 14.5)

0.682

JSS supervision

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

24.0 (20.0; 24.0)

22.0 (18.0; 23.0)

0.207

23.0 (20.0; 24.0)

20.0 (17.0; 22.0)

0.309

22.5 (21.0; 23.5)

23.0 (18.0; 24.0)

>0.99

23.0 (18.0; 24.0)

22.5 (21.0; 23.5)

>0.99

JSS fringe benefits

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

12.0 (8.0; 14.0)

12.0 (11.0; 14.0)

0.331

12.0 (10.0; 14.0)

10.0 (7.0; 12.0)

0.210

11.0 (10.0; 12.0)

12.0 (9.5; 14.0)

0.417

12.0 (10.0; 14.0)

10.0 (7.5; 12.5)

0.309

JSS contingent rewards

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

16.0 (15.0; 22.0)

17.0 (14.0; 20.0)

0.955

17.0 (15.5; 21.0)

13.5 (11.0; 18.0)

0.157

17.0 (14.5; 19.0)

16.5 (14.5; 22.0)

0.787

17.0 (14.5; 22.0)

16.0 (14.5; 18.0)

0.525

JSS operating conditions

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

9.0 (8.0; 10.0)

9.0 (7.0; 11.0)

>0.99

9.0 (7.0; 10.0)

10.0 (8.5; 11.5)

0.347

8.0 (7.5; 9.5)

9.0 (7.0; 11.5)

0.417

9.0 (7.5; 11.0)

8.5 (6.5; 9.5)

0.477

JSS collaborators

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

19.0 (18.0; 22.0)

18.0 (16.0; 20.0)

0.150

19.0 (16.5; 20.0)

18.0 (17.0; 20.0)

0.737

17.5 (16.0; 21.0)

19.0 (17.5; 20.0)

0.610

19.0 (17.0; 21.0)

17.5 (15.5; 19.5)

0.388

JSS nature of work

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

17.0 (16.0; 17.0)

15.0 (13.0; 18.0)

0.119

16.0 (15.0; 17.0)

17.5 (15.0; 18.0)

0.388

16.0 (15.0; 18.0)

16.0 (15.0; 17.0)

0.834

16.5 (15.0; 17.5)

15.5 (14.5; 17.0)

0.682

JSS communication

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

19.0 (17.0; 22.0)

19.0 (18.0; 21.0)

0.865

19.0 (18.0; 21.0)

16.5 (16.0; 20.0)

0.388

19.0 (19.0; 21.0)

18.5 (16.5; 21.5)

0.490

19.0 (18.0; 21.5)

16.5 (15.0; 18.5)

0.097

JSS total score

Median (1st; 3rd quartile)

104.0 (100.0; 123.0)

109.0 (93.0; 117.0)

0.910

105.5 (100.5; 121.0)

93.5 (85.5; 109.5)

0.097

106.5 (95.5; 120.0)

104.0 (99.5; 118.0)

0.928

105.5 (98.5; 124.0)

102.5 (96.0; 106.5)

0.431

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