The Mediator Effect of Empowerment in Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 603-611, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-215612
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was to determine the mediator or moderator role of empowerment in the relationship between the head nurse's transformational leadership and organizational commitment as perceived by staff nurses.METHODS:
Data was collected from 451 nurses in a tertiary hospital located in B city by means of structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and hierarchial multiple regression using the SPSS program.RESULTS:
Empowerment showed mediating effects between the head nurse's transformational leadership and organizational commitment as perceived by staff nurses. However, empowerment did not show moderating effects.CONCLUSION:
Nurses' perception of empowerment, the head nurse's transformational leadership and organizational commitment have a strong relationship. This finding suggests the importance of empowering nurses to increase organizational commitment.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
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SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce
Health problem:
Governance Arrangements
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Healthcare Workforce Management
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Personnel Loyalty
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Decision Making, Organizational
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Nursing Administration Research
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Leadership
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Nurse Administrators
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article