Emotional Intelligence among Female Nursing Leaders in a Transformational Era

Table 1

Characteristics of female nursing leaders in transformational era.

Characteristics	Mean ± SD/number (percentage)
Age (in years)
<25 years	26 (11.2%)
25–35 years	94 (40.5%)
36–45 years	73 (31.5%)
>45 years	39 (16.8%)
Nationality
Saudi	149 (64.2%)
Expatriates	83 (35.8%)
Years of experience
<5 years	89 (38.4%)
6–15 years	53 (22.8%)
16–25 years	25 (10.8%)
>25 years	65 (28.0%)
Educational level
Diploma/ADN	34 (14.7%)
Bachelor’s degree	126 (54.3%)
Master’s degree	41 (17.7%)
Doctoral degree	31 (13.4%)
Workplace
Coronary care unit	2 (0.9%)
Education	35 (15.1%)
Emergency	28 (12.1%)
Intensive care unit	38 (16.4%)
Medical	26 (11.2%)
Other	81 (34.9%)
Pediatric	6 (2.6%)
Surgical	16 (6.9%)
Current position
Administrator (or equivalent)	44 (19.0%)
Head/charge (or equivalent)	47 (20.3%)
Others	121 (52.2%)
Supervisor (or equivalent)	20 (8.6%)
Self-development courses in last 12 months
No	61 (26.3%)
Yes	171 (73.7%)
Work sector
Government hospitals	187 (80.6%)
Other government sectors	14 (6.0%)
Private	31 (13.4%)

SD: standard deviation.