Health care delivery systems are experiencing dramatic organizational changes. To mange
these changes effectively, nursing leaders must understand the social processes that affect
employees work-related attitudes, particularly leadership style, psychological empowerment and
job satisfaction .This study aims to explore the relationship between the leadership style ,
empowerment and job satisfaction of nurses. The study subjects included all available staff nurses
working at general medical and general surgical units at Assuit University Hospital. The data was
collected by using demographic data sheet, T. T leadership style questionnaire, empowerment
scale, and job satisfaction questionnaire. The results revealed that two thirds of the staff nurses
perceived their head nurses uses transactional leadership style more than transformational
leadership style, the level of empowerment was mostly weak 88.5%, and only 11.5% of nurses
reported that empowerment as being strong. Also, it was noticed that high percentage of the
participants were satisfied with communication and work relationship, also the highest
percentage of them were unsatisfied with their salaries and incentives, safety and security. There
was a statistical significant negative effect of leadership score on the score of job satisfaction. It
is recommended for the head nurses to be aware of how to use the suitable leadership style that
empower their staff nurses.