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Work Ethics and Ethical Attitudes among Healthcare Professionals: The Role of Leadership Skills in Determining Ethics Construct and Professional Behaviors

(1) Background: The provision of healthcare is transforming, necessitating changes in descriptions and frameworks for ethical leadership. This study aimed to assess the association of the different leadership skills with the work ethical constructs and attitudes among healthcare professionals. (2) M...

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Autores principales: Sakr, Fouad, Haddad, Chadia, Zeenny, Rony M., Sacre, Hala, Akel, Marwan, Iskandar, Katia, Hajj, Aline, Salameh, Pascale
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081399
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author Sakr, Fouad
Haddad, Chadia
Zeenny, Rony M.
Sacre, Hala
Akel, Marwan
Iskandar, Katia
Hajj, Aline
Salameh, Pascale
author_facet Sakr, Fouad
Haddad, Chadia
Zeenny, Rony M.
Sacre, Hala
Akel, Marwan
Iskandar, Katia
Hajj, Aline
Salameh, Pascale
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description (1) Background: The provision of healthcare is transforming, necessitating changes in descriptions and frameworks for ethical leadership. This study aimed to assess the association of the different leadership skills with the work ethical constructs and attitudes among healthcare professionals. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study design using a snowball sampling technique was used to enroll healthcare practitioners. The questionnaire used in this study included two parts: the first part gathered the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, while the second part consisted of three validated assessment scales, i.e., work ethics, ethical attitudes questionnaire for public health professionals, and leadership skills questionnaire. (3) Results: Higher work ethics and a higher intrinsic work motivation subscale were significantly associated with high leadership administrative skills (Beta = 6.04, p = 0.019, and Beta = 2.55, p < 0.001, respectively). However, higher leadership conceptual skills (Beta = −1.07, p = 0.027) were associated with a lower intrinsic work motivation subscale. Higher leadership administrative skills (Beta = 28.39, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with higher ethical attitudes scores. (4) Conclusions: Higher administrative leadership has an imperative positive impact on work ethic in the provision of different public health services. Leadership skills are not limited to a specific profession, experience, or career stage of health care, and could significantly predict the individual ethical attitude and professional behavior.
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spelling pubmed-93328122022-07-29 Work Ethics and Ethical Attitudes among Healthcare Professionals: The Role of Leadership Skills in Determining Ethics Construct and Professional Behaviors Sakr, Fouad Haddad, Chadia Zeenny, Rony M. Sacre, Hala Akel, Marwan Iskandar, Katia Hajj, Aline Salameh, Pascale Healthcare (Basel) Article (1) Background: The provision of healthcare is transforming, necessitating changes in descriptions and frameworks for ethical leadership. This study aimed to assess the association of the different leadership skills with the work ethical constructs and attitudes among healthcare professionals. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study design using a snowball sampling technique was used to enroll healthcare practitioners. The questionnaire used in this study included two parts: the first part gathered the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, while the second part consisted of three validated assessment scales, i.e., work ethics, ethical attitudes questionnaire for public health professionals, and leadership skills questionnaire. (3) Results: Higher work ethics and a higher intrinsic work motivation subscale were significantly associated with high leadership administrative skills (Beta = 6.04, p = 0.019, and Beta = 2.55, p < 0.001, respectively). However, higher leadership conceptual skills (Beta = −1.07, p = 0.027) were associated with a lower intrinsic work motivation subscale. Higher leadership administrative skills (Beta = 28.39, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with higher ethical attitudes scores. (4) Conclusions: Higher administrative leadership has an imperative positive impact on work ethic in the provision of different public health services. Leadership skills are not limited to a specific profession, experience, or career stage of health care, and could significantly predict the individual ethical attitude and professional behavior. MDPI 2022-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9332812/ /pubmed/35893220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081399 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hajj, Aline
Salameh, Pascale
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081399
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