Effects of Leader-Member Exchange of Nurses who Return to Work after Parental Leave on Conflict between Work and Family: Focus on the Mediating Effects of Job Stress / 간호행정학회지

ABSTRACT

Purpose@#This study was done to analyze effects of leader-member exchange as perceived by nurses who returned to work after parental leave conflict between work and family via job stress. @*Methods@#A cross-sectional study design was adopted and data were collected from 140 nurses. Collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 23.0 program (descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis). @*Results@#Mean scores were 3.44±0.64 out of 5 for leader-member exchange, 3.45±0.59 out of 5 for job stress, and 2.82±0.80 out of 5 for conflict between work and family. The leader-member exchange had negative correlations with job stress (r=-.31, p=.003) and conflict between work and family (r=-.36, p<.001). The leader-member exchange had direct impacts on conflict between work and family (β=-.26, p=.002) and indirect via job stress (β=.35, p<.001). Job stress had partial mediating effects on relations between leader-member exchange and conflict between work and family (Z=-3.00, p<.001). The leader-member exchange and job stress explained 41% of the conflict between work and family. @*Conclusion@#The findings from this study indicate that active human resource management policies should be established in order to increase the leader-member exchange.