Purpose : This study was designed to compare importance of the types of leadership-followership combination in the nursing organization. Method : The subjects of this study were nurses working in the hospital. They were recruited 490 from three medical centers. Data were collected by using self-reported questionnaires from April 8th to 18th, 2002. Result : The results were as follows; 1) It appeared that the most important type of leadership-followership combination for job satisfaction in the nursing organization was the transformational leadership-effective follower, however the most important type of leadership-followership combination for organizational commitment was the transformational leadership-the conformist. 2) According to analysis of partial correlational coefficient to compare the importance of variables, the leadership-followership combination type was the more important than other variables: education, age, duration of job, religion, marriage. Conclusion : With these findings, it was found that the most proper type of leadership-followership combination in nursing organization was the transformational leadership-effective follower for job satisfaction and the transformational leadership-the conformist for organizational commitment. So these results will be used to develop a more effective staffing management strategies to improve the effectiveness of nursing organization.