Role of leader-member exchange in the relationship between abusive supervision and clinical nurse's work involvement
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.06.014
- VernacularTitle:领导-成员交换在不当督导和临床护士工作投入关系中的作用
- Author:
Kejian YANG
1
;
Xiaofei YAN
;
Zhengxue LUO
Author Information
1. 第四军医大学航空航天医学院
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Abusive supervision;
Work engagement;
Leader-member exchange;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;(6):792-795
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship among leader-member exchange with abusive supervision and work engagement in nurses, to improve the leadership in nursing management and the promotion of nursing work.Methods A total of 597 nurses in two Xi'an tertiary general hospitals,who were selected by convenient sampling method,were investigated by abusive supervision scale,leader-member exchange scale and work engagement scale. The data was analyzed by software SPSS 16.0.Results A total of 620 questionnaires were distributed with effective 597 questionnaire collected. The total score of abusive supervision was(18.52±6.09),leader-member exchange score(26.13±4.37),and work engagement score (47.87±11.62). With the demographic variables controlled,abusive supervision was negatively related to work engagement(r= -0.23,P<0.01),and leader-member exchange had a positive effect on work engagement in nurses(r=0.44,P<0.01).Abusive supervision exerted a negative effect on nurses' work engagement through the medium of leader-member exchange.Conclusions Abusive supervision should be avoided to improve the quality of leader-member exchange quality,which is benefit to work engagement in clinical nurses.
