Saleh Ishq Z Aladhyani, Salah Khlief S Almotairi, Nagaa Mohammed H Almutairi and Saad Hamdan A Alotaibi
Introduction: The organizational climate is the main building blocks for organizations that encourage innovation. Also, the efficient leadership develops the work productivity among staff. This research aimed to explore the relationship between leadership emotional intelligence, and innovative work behavior among nurses at University Hospitals. Patients and Method: This analytic cross-sectional study included 50 head nurses and 220 of their nurse staff. A questionnaire sheet was used to obtain information for this research, which consisted of two tools: I. Standardized emotional intelligence questionnaire, and II. Modified innovative work behavior questionnaire. Results: The head nurse had a mean emotional intelligence of 79.6 ± 6.4. Most of nurse staff has moderate IWB (63%), 27% has high IWB and 10% has low IWB. Furthermore, the emotional intelligence of head nurses was significantly and positively correlated to IWB. Conclusion: We concluded emotional intelligence leadership had significant and positive correlation with nurse staff innovative work behavior
