Assessing Leadership Styles and Their Impact on Nursing Performance in Selected Hospitals at Coimbatore

Healthcare systems rely heavily on the competency and motivation of nurses. One critical factorinfluencing both is the leadership style adopted by nurse managers. Leadership styles directly impact teamperformance, communication, job satisfaction, and ultimately patient outcomes. In nursing, effectiveleadership helps maintain discipline, improves productivity, fosters a positive work environment, andensures quality care delivery. Leadership in nursing encompasses a variety of styles—transformational, transactional, autocratic,democratic, and laissez-faire. Each style affects nursing performance in different ways. For instance,transformational leaders inspire nurses to exceed expectations, while autocratic leaders may suppressinitiative but ensure task completion. In Coimbatore, where both government and private hospitals operate under varied managementsystems, studying the influence of leadership styles on nursing performance is vital to improving healthcaredelivery. This study evaluates how different leadership styles affect the performance of nurses in selectedhospitals in Coimbatore.