Health Care Administration

The impact of acculturation on leadership style is an important topic for the global community. Acculturation is one of the frequently used variables in career development research because of its significance to many aspects of career development for immigrants. As of 2019, no research on Afghan American registered nurses (RNs) working in the US healthcare system existed in the literature.

Objective: The goal of this investigation was to learn about the perceived leadership style of Afghan American registered nurses who work in the US healthcare system based upon a number of acculturation factors. The variables of interest in this study were sex, generation, work experience, and acculturation levels to see their influence on perceived leadership style.

Design: A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational design using primary retrospective data (the actual data needs to be here) was employed in this study.

Results: The results showed that task-oriented leadership correlated significantly with American acculturation, years of nursing experience, and participant sex. Task-oriented leadership was most strongly associated with the male sex, followed by years of nursing experience, generation, and Afghan acculturation. Relationship-oriented leadership correlated significantly with all five predictor variables (American acculturation, Afghan acculturation, generation, nursing experience, and participant sex), whereas relationship-oriented leadership was predicted by acculturation and sex.

Conclusion: Implications, limitations, and directions for future research were discussed. Due to the constantly changing nursing field and high demand for healthcare administrators, nursing curriculum should emphasize the importance of leadership skills. Hospitals should consider implementing more training courses and opportunities for nurses to develop their leadership skills. Future researchers should consider comparing American nurses with Afghan American nurses among similar nursing settings and with similar job titles