THE EFFECT OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM ON FACULTY STAFF ASSISTANTS STRUCTURE EMPOWERMENT

Abstract

Background: Faculty staff assistants consider the future of faculty teaching staff and need to use advanced leadership style. Authentic leadership has been introduced a productive, positive, supportive and healthier work environment that help to maintain the faculty staff assistants empowered. Aim: This study aimed to measure the effect of the authentic Leadership training program on faculty staff assistants' structural empowerment. Research design Quasi- experimental research design one group pretest and posttest was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, El Fayoum University. Subjects: (70) faculty staff assistants worked in the above mentioned setting Tools: three tools were used in this study; Authentic Leadership knowledge questionnaire, Authentic Leadership Self-Assessment scale, the condition for work effectiveness questionnaire. Results: The total authentic leadership knowledge score, authentic leadership behavior and structural empowerment had low among faculty staff assistants before the program implementation; after the program implementation they had higher scores with statistically significant differences; There were highly statistically significant differences between faculty staff assistants' authentic leadership regarding structure empowerment, throughout program phases. there was a highly statistically significance correlation between total authentic leadership knowledge score and total authentic leadership behavior and between total structure empowerment level among faculty staff assistants throughout program phases. Finally, results regarding authentic leadership knowledge level, authentic leadership behavior rand structural empowerment p-value <0.001 Conclusions: Authentic leadership training program positively effect on faculty staff assistants' structural empowerment. Recommendations: Periodical seminars and programs for faculty staff assistants regard advanced leadership style.