© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing. Table 2. Leadership Style of the Nurse Managers as rated by themselves and Staff Nurses Leadership Style Nurse Managers Staff Nurses Mean Response Remarks Transformational Leadership 3.03 Fairly Often 2.85 Transactional Leadership Factors 2.22 Sometimes 2.30 Laissez-faire Leadership 1.05 Once in a while 1.38 Legend: 0.00 – 0.50 Not at all 0.51 – 1.50 Once in a while 1.51 – 2.50 Sometimes 2.51 – 3.50 Fairly Often 3.51 – 4.00 Frequently, if not always Bander Albagawi et al. Nurses’ Perceptions of Nurse Manager Leadership Styles. American Journal of Nursing Research, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 1, 22-31. doi:10.12691/ajnr-5-1-3 © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing.