The chain mediating effect of professional identity and person-organization fit on the relationship between spiritual leadership and work engagement of young nurses
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20220610-01817
- VernacularTitle:职业认同和个人组织契合在年轻护士精神型领导与工作投入间的链式中介效应
- Author:
Xiaoyu WANG
1
;
Yawen TAN
;
Fang LIU
Author Information
1. 青岛市中医医院急诊科，青岛 266000
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Spiritual leadership;
Professional identity;
Person-organization fit;
Work engagement
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2023;39(10):775-781
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between spiritual leadership, professional identity, person-organization fit and work engagement of young nurses, so as to provide reference for developing strategies to improve young nurses′ work engagement.Methods:This was a cross-sectional study. From December 2021 to April 2022, 449 young nurses from 9 hospitals in Shandong province were investigated by general data questionnaire, Spiritual Leadership Scale, Professional Identity Rating Scale, Nurse Person-organizational Fit Assessment Scale and Work Engagement Scale.Results:The scores of professional identity, spiritual leadership, person-organization fit and work engagement of young nurses were (116.04 ± 23.06), (68.07 ± 13.87), (163.50 ± 25.88), (38.80 ± 14.65) points, respectively. The total effect of spiritual leadership on work engagement was 0.707. The mediating path of spiritual leadership to work engagement included spiritual leadership→professional identity→work engagement; Spiritual leadership→person-organization fit→work engagement. Spiritual leadership→professional identity→ person-organization fit→work engagement. Three indirect effects accounted for 63.60%, 6.80% and 10.60% of the total effect, respectively.Conclusions:Professional identity and person-organization fit play chain mediating effect between spiritual leadership and work engagement of young nurses. Nursing managers should implement spiritual leadership to improve young nurses′ professional identity and person-organization fit, and then improve the level of young nurses′ work engagement.
