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Abstract Presence of narcissistic leadership in health care organization creates bias and disappointment among nurses, this fosters a culture of negative attitude toward the health care system which leads to organizational cynicism that make nurses unable to do her job well and the work loss its meaning. Aim : to investigate narcissistic leadership, organizational cynicism and their relation with meaningful work among nurses at Main Mansoura university hospital and Mansoura general hospital. Method : A Comparative descriptive research design was utilized with a sample of (162) nurses at Main Mansoura university hospital and (180) nurses at Mansoura General Hospital. Tools of data collection were narcissistic personality tool, organizational cynicism scale and the work and meaning inventory scale. Results : The studied nurses had moderate level of narcissistic leadership at both hospitals (43.8%), (58.9%) respectively. The studied nurses had low organizational cynicism at both hospitals (85.2%), (76.7%) respectively. The studied nurses had low meaningful work at both hospitals (85.2%), (76.7%) respectively. Conclusion : There was a negative non-significant relationship between narcissistic leadership and meaningful work at both hospitals. There was statistically significant relationship between total level of organizational cynicism and total level of meaningful work at Mansoura general hospital, but there is no statistically significant relationship between total level of organizational cynicism and total level of meaningful work at main Mansoura university hospital. Recommendations : Conduct frequent training sessions on leadership skills that have a beneficial influence on leaders’ behavior and encourage their receptivity to different points of view. |