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Unit Managers’ Authentic Leadership, Staff Nurses’ Work Attitudes And Behaviours, And Outcomes Of Care: A Structural Equation Model, Lisa M. Giallonardo

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Nursing leadership is fundamental in the development of positive work attitudes and behaviours among staff nurses, and the provision of high quality patient care. Although direct empirical links were well established, there was a lack of research testing the indirect effects of leadership on nurses and patients. As such, it was proposed that the concept of authentic leadership could help explain the complex psychological processes that mediated relationships between nurse managers’ leadership, staff nurses’ work attitudes and behaviours, and outcomes of care.

The purpose of the present study was to test a model of authentic leadership in a sample of …

Exploring Mental Health, Physical Health, And Affective Commitment In Acute Care Oncology Nurses In Ontario, Lesley M. Smith

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With reports of a steady increase in cancer risk as the present population ages (Canadian Cancer Society’s Advisory Committee on Cancer Statistics, 2017; Statistics Canada, 2017), and little knowledge of a definitive cure, ensuring cancer sufferers and their families are adequately supported is increasingly essential. Oncology nurses must therefore be the focus of current and future research, as their front-line presence in the lives of those afflicted, is quite substantial. Further, oncology nurses report the most physical symptoms and second highest levels of emotional distress among cancer care health professionals (Jones, Wells, Gao, Cassidy, & Davie, 2013; Kash et al., …

The Effect Of Authentic Leadership On New Graduate Nurses’ Organizational Identification, Trust In The Manager, Patient Safety Climate, And Willingness To Report Errors, Fatmah Fallatah

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Background: Error reporting has been identified as an important approach to improve delivery of both safe and quality care. However, existing evidence suggests that nurses are reluctant to report errors they make or fail to speak up about mistakes committed by others. Authentic leadership has been linked to improved work environments for nurses and enhanced quality of care. However, the question of how authentic leaders influence new graduate nurses’ willingness to report errors has received minimal attention.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to test a theoretical model that examined the influence of authentic leadership on new graduate nurses’ …