近期有關女性領導議題等相關研究被廣泛的討論著，可見此議題對社會與學術研究的重要性。但絕大多數的研究仍著重於教育界及一般企業，甚少涉及醫護領域。而女性領導特質已不再狹義的單指女性的領導特質，對女性領導的研究不再為性別差異，而是強調特質差異。因此，本研究瞭解醫護領域的女性領導特質，進一步探討該女性領導特質與領導效能之間的關係。
在國內外大多數的文獻，大部份是以訪談的質性研究來探討女性主管的領導能力，以女性領導者為樣本、質性的研究方法來探討女性職涯發展，或以量化研究法來驗證女性領導特質、風格及效能。本研究以醫護領域的女性主管所直屬的員工做為研究對象，再以量化結果來驗證。
本研究採問卷調查法，研究對象主要以北部2所教學醫院護理人員，共計回收之有效問卷272份。研究成果整理如下：
一、女性主管領導特質對工作投入有顯著的正面影響。
二、員工工作投入對領導效能具有正向顯著影響。
三、女性主管領導特質對領導效能具有正向顯著影響。
四、員工工作投入在女性主管領導特質對領導效能具有正向顯著部分中介效果。
The issues of female leadership have been widely discussed in recent studies, which manifests its significance to social and academic research. While the majority of researches have been focusing on education and business field, health care field is rarely involved. Furthermore, the female or feminine management characteristics are no longer narrowly defined as management characteristics of women. And the study on female leadership no longer emphasizes on gender differences, but characteristics differences. Therefore, this paper sought to understand the female management characteristics of health care field, and to explore the relationship between female management characteristics and leadership effectiveness.
Most of the studies are based on qualitative analysis of interviews with female executives to examine their management capabilities. Researchers have employed qualitative research methods to explore the career development of women, or to verify the management characteristics, style and leadership effectiveness of women. This study took the health care staff directly supervised by women as the research object, and then quantified the results for verification.
This study used questionnaires to investigate the nursing staff of the two teaching hospitals in Northern Taiwan. A total of 272 valid questionnaires were recovered. Research findings are summarized as follows:
1.Female leadership/management characteristics have a significant positive influence on staff dedication and job involvement.
2.The staff dedication and job involvement have a significant positive influence on leadership effectiveness.
3.The female management/leadership characteristics have a significant positive influence on leadership effectiveness.
4.The staff dedication and job involvement partially mediate the relationship between female leadership/management characteristics and leadership effectiveness, and have a significant positive effect.
