The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Nurses’ Trust in Managers and Job Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Theoretical Framework
1.2. Hypothesized Model
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Setting
2.3. Sample
2.4. Instruments
2.5. Data Analysis
2.6. Ethical Approval
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Results
3.2. Means, Standard Deviations, and Reliability Analysis of the Study Variables
3.3. Relationships among the Study Variables
4. Discussion
Implications for Nursing Practice and Research
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic Characteristic | n | % |
---|---|---|
Nationality | 116 | 100% |
Filipino | 52 | 44.8% |
Saudi | 28 | 24.1% |
Indian | 28 | 24.1% |
Indonesian | 3 | 2.6% |
Pakistani | 3 | 2.6% |
Malaysian | 2 | 1.7% |
Gender | 116 | 100% |
Female | 116 | 100% |
Male | 0 | 0 |
Highest level of education | 116 | 100% |
Bachelor’s in nursing | 88 | 74.1% |
Diploma in nursing | 28 | 24.1% |
Master’s in nursing | 2 | 1.7% |
Current area | 116 | 100% |
Neonatal intensive care unit | 51 | 44% |
Medical | 32 | 27.6% |
Pediatric intensive care unit | 21 | 18.1% |
Isolation | 3 | 2.6% |
Education | 3 | 2.6% |
Cardiac | 1 | 0.9% |
Outpatient | 1 | 0.9% |
M | SD | |
Age | 37.3 | 8.39 |
Years of experience as registered nurses | 13.5 | 7.99 |
Study Variables | Response Range | Number of Items | M | SD | Cronbach’s Alpha |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authentic leadership | 0–4 | 16 | 2.68 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
Subscales: | |||||
-Transparency | 0–4 | 5 | 2.69 | 0.86 | 0.88 |
-Balanced processing | 0–4 | 3 | 2.70 | 0.91 | 0.88 |
-Moral/ethical perspective | 0–4 | 4 | 2.67 | 0.93 | 0.88 |
-Self-awareness | 0–4 | 4 | 3.53 | 0.76 | 0.87 |
Trust in managers | 1–5 | 7 | 3.53 | 0.76 | 0.92 |
Job performance | 1–5 | 9 | 3.71 | 0.48 | 0.94 |
Study Variables | R | F | df | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Authentic leadership | 0.44 | 27.8 | 1114 | <0.001 |
Transparency | 0.38 | 20.2 | 1114 | <0.001 |
Moral/ethical perspective | 0.39 | 21.3 | 1114 | <0.001 |
Balanced processing | 0.46 | 30.9 | 1114 | <0.001 |
Self-awareness | 0.43 | 26.6 | 1114 | <0.001 |
Authentic leadership | 0.033 | 0.12 | 1114 | 0.72 |
Transparency | 0.003 | 0.001 | 1114 | 0.97 |
Moral/ethical perspective | 0.04 | 0.21 | 1114 | 0.64 |
Balanced processing | 0.05 | 0.35 | 1114 | 0.55 |
Self-awareness | 0.03 | 0.13 | 1114 | 0.71 |
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Authentic leadership | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2. Transparency | 0.940 * | — | — | — | — | — |
3. Moral/ethical perspective | 0.948 * | 0.877 * | — | — | — | — |
4. Balanced processing | 0.915 * | 0.783 * | 0.815 * | — | — | — |
5. Self-awareness | 0.951 * | 0.833 * | 0.856 * | 0.892 * | — | — |
6. Trust in managers | 0.443 * | 0.388 * | 0.397 * | 0.462 * | 0.435 * | — |
7. Job performance | 0.033 | 0.003 | 0.043 | 0.056 | 0.034 | 0.109 |
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Alilyyani B. The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Nurses’ Trust in Managers and Job Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nursing Reports. 2022; 12(4):993-1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep12040095
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlilyyani, Bayan. 2022. "The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Nurses’ Trust in Managers and Job Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study" Nursing Reports 12, no. 4: 993-1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep12040095