Nursing Publications
Title
The Impact of Leader-Member Exchange Quality, Empowerment, and Core Self-evaluation on Nurse Manager's Job Satisfaction
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2007
Journal
Journal of Nursing Administration
Volume
37
Issue
5
First Page
221
Last Page
229
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to test a theoretical model linking nurse managers' perceptions of the quality of the relationship with their supervisors, and empowerment to job satisfaction, and to examine the effect of a personal dispositional variable, core self-evaluation, on the relationships among these variables.
BACKGROUND DATA: Nursing leadership roles have been transformed as a result of dramatic changes within healthcare in the past decade, yet research on the nature of nurse manager work life in current work environments is limited.
METHODS: A nonexperimental, predictive design was used in a sample of 141 hospital-based nurse managers obtained from a provincial registry.
RESULTS: Approximately 40.4% of the variance in job satisfaction was explained by leader-member exchange quality (LMX), empowerment, and core self-evaluation.
CONCLUSION: Higher quality relationships with their immediate supervisor were associated with greater manager structural and psychological empowerment and, consequently, greater job satisfaction. Core self-evaluation played a strong significant role, affecting all components of the model. The results suggest that both situational and personal factors are important determinants of satisfying work environments for nurse managers.
Notes
Published in: Journal of Nursing Administration, May 2007, Volume 37, Issue 5, p. 221-229. doi: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000269746.63007.08