Date of Award
2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing
Program
Nursing
Supervisor
Dr. Carol A. Wong
Abstract
Reports have highlighted the impact o f demanding and unsupportive work environments on nurses’ health. Consequently, there has been a call for nursing leadership to create healthier work environments. The purpose of this study was to test the relationships among nurse managers’ authentic leadership, nurses’ person-job match in the six areas of worklife and their work engagement. A secondary analysis of data collected from a non- experimental predictive design survey o f a random sample o f 280 nurses in Ontario was conducted. An overall person-job match in the six areas o f worklife fully mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement. Further, authentic leadership, overall person-job match and tenure in the profession explained 33.1% of the variance in work engagement(F^26i)=43.132,/?<0.001,R=0.331). Findings suggest that authentic leadership development for managers would be beneficial to healthcare organizations as authentic leaders enhance nurses’ work engagement by fostering a greater overall person-job match in the six areas of worklife.
Recommended Citation
Bamford, Megan Renee, "THE INFLUENCE OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND AREAS OF WORKLIFE ON WORK ENGAGEMENT OF REGISTERED NURSES" (2011). Digitized Theses. 3547.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/3547