Research Article
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%) |
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SD: standard deviation.
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