Authentic leadership, empowerment and burnout: a comparison in new graduates and experienced nurses: Authentic leadership and empowerment
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AIM: To examine the effect of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on the emotional exhaustion and cynicism of new graduates and experienced acute-care nurses. BACKGROUND: Employee empowerment is a fundamental component of healthy work environments that promote nurse health and retention, and nursing leadership is key to creating these environments. METHOD: In a secondary analysis of data from two studies we compared the pattern of relationships among study variables in two Ontario groups: 342 new graduates with <2 years of experience and 273 nurses with more than 2 years of experience. RESULTS: A multi-group path analysis using Structural Equation Modelling indicated an acceptable fit of the final model (χ(2) = 17.52, df = 2, P < 0.001, CFI = 0.97, IFI = 0.97 and RMSEA = 0.11). Authentic leadership significantly and negatively influenced emotional exhaustion and cynicism through workplace empowerment in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: The authentic behaviour of nursing leaders was important to nurses' perceptions of structurally empowering conditions in their work environments, regardless of experience level, and ultimately contributed to lower levels of emotional exhaustion and cynicism. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Leadership training for nurse managers may help develop the empowering work environments required in today's health-care organizations in order to attract and retain nurses.
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- Authors
- LASCHINGER, H. K. S., WONG, C. A., & GRAU, A. L.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- ORCID
- WONG, CAROL A.
- Venue
- Journal of Nursing Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-04-15
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 541-552
- ISSN
- 0966-0429 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2144549127
- Cited by
- 263
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- 60
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- FWCI
- 34.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Nursing Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scholarship@Western (Western University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Toronto
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Keywords
- authentic leadership, workplace empowerment, burnout, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, new nurses, experienced nurses, nursing leadership, nurse retention, nurses' health, acute care nursing, leadership training
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Burnout, Professional, Clinical Competence, Female, Humans, Leadership, Male, Middle Aged, Nurse Administrators, Power, Psychological, Organizational Culture, Nursing Research
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