Clinical Leadership Competence in Professional Healthcare Management System: The Role of Self-Esteem, Extraversion and Interpersonal Relationship Among Clinicians in Ondo and Lagos State, Nigeria Volume 4 - Issue 5

Zubairu Dagona Kwambo¹ and Dennis Uba²*

• ¹Department of General & Applied Psychology, University of Jos, Nigeria
• ²Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria

Received: January 11, 2021   Published: January 28, 2021

Corresponding author: Dennis Uba, PhD Clinical Psychology, Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.04.000197

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The perception of clinical leadership being dislocated from everyday medical practice suggests that more must be done to explain the relevance of leadership to all health care practitioners. This study examined clinical leadership competence in professional healthcare management system: The role of self-esteem, extraversion, and interpersonal relationship among clinicians in Ondo and Lagos State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted in the study. Four hypotheses were formulated for the study. A total of 412 clinicians across 3 Federal and 2 State hospitals, including 4 General hospitals and 3 Health centers in Lagos and Ondo States, Nigeria was sampled using accidental sampling technique. The participants comprised of 212 (51.5%) males and 200 (48.5%) females. The ages ranged from 24 to 58 with a mean of 38.19 years and SD of 9.52. Relevant data were gathered through the use of validated questionnaire which comprised 5 sections: Socio-demographic information, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Relationship Assessment Scale, Big Five Personality Inventory and Clinical Leadership Competency Framework.

In order to determine the extent and direction among the study variables, Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was conducted. Multiple regression analysis was then used to test hypothesis 1, 2, 3 and 4. Results from the study showed that selfesteem did not predict clinical leadership competence (β = -.00; t = .06; p > 0.05). Interpersonal relationship showed an inverse relationship with clinical leadership competence (β = -.13; t = -2.74; p < 0.01). Extraversion inversely predicted clinical leadership competence (β = -.17; t = -3.69; p < 0.01). Based on the contribution of all the independent variables (self-esteem, interpersonal relationship, and extraversion) to the prediction of clinical leadership competence, the outcome of the study indicated that all the independent variables when pulled together yielded a multiple R of .239 and R2 of .057 [F = (3, 412) = 8.195, p < 0.01]. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommended that colleges of medicine, schools of nursing and other various institutes of healthcare management under the Ministry of Health in Nigeria should take adequate steps to inculcate clinical leadership structures that would situate clinicians in leadership positions.

Keywords: Clinical Leadership; Self-esteem; Extraversion; Interpersonal relationship word count: 353

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