Nursing Publications
Title
The Effect of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Behavior on Emergency Staff Nurses’ Workplace Empowerment and Organizational Commitment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Journal
Nursing Leadership
Volume
22
Issue
1
First Page
70
Last Page
85
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test a model exploring the relationships among emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour, workplace empowerment and commitment. A predictive, non-experimental design was used to test the model in a random sample of 300 emergency staff nurses working in Ontario. A path analysis supported the fully mediated hypothesized model (χ2=2.3, df=1, p > .05; CFI=.99, IFI=.99, RMSEA=.08). Perceived emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour had a strong direct effect on structural empowerment (β=.54), which in turn had a strong direct effect on organizational commitment (β=.61).
