Nurse Managers’ Authentic Leadership and their Relationship with Work Engagement among Registered Nurses

Reports have highlighted the role of supportive work environments in several nurse outcome measures, indicating a need for effective leadership styles that improve the nurse working environment. Authentic leadership is a relatively new concept in Arab work culture. The purpose of this study was to e...

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Published in:Nursing forum (Hillsdale) 2024-01, Vol.2024, p.1-9
Main Authors: Assi, Hazar, Rayan, Ahmad, Eshah, Nidal Fareed, Albashtawy, Mohammed, Al-Ghabeesh, Suhair Hussni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Arab culture
Authenticity
Corporate culture
Data collection
Ethics
Job performance
Job satisfaction
Leadership
Management styles
Nurse managers
Nurses
Nursing
Organizational culture
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Self awareness
Sociodemographics
Validity
Work experience
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Summary:Reports have highlighted the role of supportive work environments in several nurse outcome measures, indicating a need for effective leadership styles that improve the nurse working environment. Authentic leadership is a relatively new concept in Arab work culture. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between authentic leadership demonstrated by nurse managers and work engagement among Jordanian registered nurses. A cross-sectional correlational design was employed. A sample of 238 registered nurses working in a public hospital in Jordan was collected. Data collection was performed by using the staff demographics questionnaire, the authentic leadership questionnaire (ALQ), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)-17 items. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. The results showed a statistically significant positive correlation between authentic leadership and work engagement in the hierarchical regression analysis (B = 0.34, t = 5.54, p
ISSN:0029-6473
1744-6198
DOI:10.1155/2024/7523906