Mediating effect of psychological capital in the transformational leadership of head nurses and work engagement of clinical nurses
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200721-04523
- VernacularTitle:临床护士心理资本在护士长变革型领导与工作投入间的中介效应分析
- Author:
Shuangyan ZHANG
1
;
Yining ZHENG
Author Information
1. 北京大学国际医院护理部，北京 102206
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Transformational leadership;
Psychological capital;
Work engagement;
Mediation effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(11):1433-1439
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of psychological capital in the transformational leadership of head nurses and work engagement of clinical nurses, so as to provide a reference for clinical nursing management.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional survey. From July to December 2019, and convenience sampling was used to select 480 clinical nurses from two Class Ⅲ general hospitals and two Class Ⅱ general hospitals in Beijing as the study objects. The questionnaire survey was conducted with the Social Demographic Questionnaire, the Chinese version of Transformational Leadership Questionnaire, Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the Word Engagement Scale. A total of 480 questionnaires were distributed and 452 valid questionnaires were returned. The data was analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0. Statistical methods included descriptive analysis, single factor analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling.Results:The total mean scores of transformational leadership behavior of head nurses, nurses' psychological capital, and nurses' work engagement for 452 clinical nurses were (4.220±0.676) , (3.765±0.478) and (3.552±0.768) respectively. Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were positive correlations among the three scales ( P<0.01) . Structural equation model analysis revealed that psychological capital played a part of the mediating effect between the transformational leadership of head nurses and nurses' work engagement, and the mediating effect accounted for 61.0% of the total effect. Conclusions:Psychological capital plays a mediating role in the relationship between transformational leadership of head nurses and nurses' work engagement. Nursing managers should give full play to the advantages of transformational leadership and take measures to increase the psychological capital of nurses, so as to increase the level of nurses' work engagement.
