Emotional Intelligence among Female Nursing Leaders in a Transformational Era

Table 4

Multiple regression predictors of the emotional level in female nursing leaders.

Independent variable	β	SE	T values	values	Model unadjusted R2; adjusted R2; value
Self-leadership score	0.720	0.005	14.939	<0.001	0.586, 0.552, <0.001
Age categories
Age: <25 years	Ref
Age: 25–35 years	0.145	0.102	1.599	0.111
Age: 36–45 years	0.057	0.128	0.529	0.597
Age: >45 years	−0.108	0.165	−0.956	0.340
Highest education level
Diploma/ADN
Bachelor’s degree	−0.034	0.078	−0.482	0.630
Master’s degree	0.009	0.090	0.140	0.889
Doctoral degree	−0.077	0.112	−1.138	0.257
Nationality
Saudi	Ref
Expatriates	0.091	0.067	1.562	0.120
Experience in years
Less than 5 years	Ref
6–15 years	0.011	0.084	0.153	0.879
16–25 years	0.076	0.117	0.848	0.397
>25 years	0.205	0.155	2.332	0.021
Current position
Other	Ref
Head/charge (or equivalent)	0.027	0.069	0.536	0.592
Administrator (or equivalent)	−0.071	0.080	−1.266	0.207
Supervisor (or equivalent)	0.071	0.096	1.443	0.151
Self-development courses in the last 12 months
No	Ref
Yes	0.043	0.062	0.882	0.379
Work sector
Private	Ref
Other government organizations	−0.006	0.127	−0.111	0.912
Government hospitals	0.015	0.075	0.281	0.779
Intercept	0.851	0.227	3.741	<0.001

Unstandardized coefficient for intercept, for all other independent variables standardized beta coefficient are shown. SE: standard error.