This research focuses on the relationships among hospital leadership style, organizational culture and the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine in hospital industry. The study targets were three medical centers in the middle of Taiwan, and the participants included physicians and nurses, were sampled to examine the framework of developing the attitude of practicing Evidence-based medicine combined with the leadership style and organizational culture.
The objectives of this study were to (1) understand the difference of leadership style, organizational culture and the attitude of practicing EBM among the hospitals, (2) understand the influence of demography variable contributes to the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine, (3) know the correlation between leadership style, organizational culture and the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine, (4) gives the administrator to suggestion.
In order to reach the above objective, this study used questionnaires to gather 963 valid questionnaires, and the returns-ratio is 48%.
The staff?s attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine are different results that will have because of factors, such as academic degree, gather, age, and so on.
Leadership style is a significantly positive effects on the organizational culture, leadership style is a significantly positive effects on the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine, and organizational culture is a significantly positive effects on the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine.
Leadership style is a significantly positive predictor of the organizational culture, leadership style is a significantly positive predictor of the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine, and organizational culture is a significantly positive predictor of the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine.
Organizational culture plays a partial mediation between transformational leadership and the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine, and organizational culture plays a partial mediation between transactional leadership and the attitude of practicing evidence-based medicine.
