THE INFLUENCE OF INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP ON WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHCARE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine direct effect of inclusive leadership on health workforce performance. For this drive, cross-sectional quantitative study design was adopted. The population of this study were health workers specifically nursing staff form hospitals and primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample size. There are 6547 nurses Saudi and non-Saudi, working in the healthcare organizations in public and private sector as per data form Ministry of Health (MOH). In this regard, the online questionnaire was distributed and total 400 complete questionnaires were received and used in the analysis. PLS-SEM was run to investigate the reliability and validity of the scales; Moreover, the structural models were developed to test hypotheses. The results provide significant information for reaching the conclusion. The findings revealed that scales are found reliable and valid as all values of Cronbach alpha, average variance extracted and composite reliability and factor loadings meth threshold. Two hypotheses are accepted and one is rejected. The openness and accessibility are found to have significant effect on job performance while availability was found to be insignificant.