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Authentic Leadership And Workplace Bullying Among Experienced Registered Nurses: Testing A Double Mediation Model, Edmund J. Walsh Aug 2018

Authentic Leadership And Workplace Bullying Among Experienced Registered Nurses: Testing A Double Mediation Model, Edmund J. Walsh

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The aims of this study were to assess the relationship between managers’ authentic leadership and workplace bullying among experienced registered nurses and examine whether this relationship is mediated by psychological capital and professional practice environment. This study was a secondary analysis of baseline survey data using a non-experimental, correlational design. A random sample of 478 nurses was obtained from Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. The hypothesized double mediation model was tested using PROCESS for SPSS. Overall, the model accounted for 23.2% of the variance in bullying. Significant direct effects were found between authentic leadership and psychological capital, professional practice environment, …


The Professional Practice Leader: The Role Of Organizational Power And Personal Influence In Creating A Professional Practice Environment For Nurses, Sara L. Lankshear May 2011

The Professional Practice Leader: The Role Of Organizational Power And Personal Influence In Creating A Professional Practice Environment For Nurses, Sara L. Lankshear

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Professional Practice Leadership (PPL) roles were introduced in response to health care professionals’ concerns about the loss of professional autonomy and other possible negative consequences on professional practice arising out of the widespread implementation of program management during health care restructuring. Despite the extensive implementation of the PPL role in Ontario, there is a paucity of empirical studies examining the impact of the PPL role. The main purpose of this study was to address this knowledge gap by determining the role of organizational power and personal influence in enabling the PPL to fulfill their role functions toward creating a positive …