Nurse Managers' Perceptions Related to Their Leadership Styles, Knowledge, and Skills in These Areas—A Viewpoint: Case of Health Centre Wards in Finland

Table 3

Nurse managers’ perceptions of the importance of different leadership styles.

Background data	Very; important; (%)	Important; (%)	Rather; important; (%)	Rather little; important; (%)	Not at all; important; (%)
Visionary leadership style
Age
32–45	72.7	25.5	1.8	0.0	0.0
46–50	63.8	34.8	1.4	0.0	0.0
51–55	55.6	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
56–65	69.8	30.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Coaching leadership style
Age
32–45	48.2	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
46–50	60.3	36.8	2.9	0.0	0.0
51–55	41.1	57.1	1.8	0.0	0.0
56–65	69.7	30.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Affiliate leadership style
Age
32–45	39.3	60.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
46–50	44.9	52.2	2.9	0.0	0.0
51–55	35.7	62.5	1.8	0.0	0.0
56–65	50.8	47.7	1.5	0.0	0.0
Democratic leadership style
Age
32–45	60.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
46–50	55.2	43.3	1.5	0.0	0.0
51–55	41.8	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
56–65	49.2	50.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Commanding leadership style
Age
32–45	0.0	30.4	60.7	8.9	0.0
46–50	1.5	7.6	72.7	18.2	0.0
51–55	0.0	17.9	57.1	25.0	0.0
56–65	0.0	22.2	68.3	9.5	0.0
Isolating leadership style
Age
32–45	0.0	0.0	49.0	51.0	0.0
46–50	0.0	3.0	38.8	58.2	0.0
51–55	0.0	1.9	38.9	59.3	0.0
56–65	0.0	5.2	46.6	46.6	1.7