Han-Gyo Choi; Sung Hee Ahn

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Influence of Nurse Managers' Authentic Leadership on Nurses' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Empowerment: Han-Gyo Choi, Sung Hee Ahn; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2016;46(1):100-108.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.1.100
Published online: February 29, 2016

College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Ahn, Sung Hee. College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2258-7409, Fax: +82-2-2258-7772, shahn@catholic.ac.kr

• Received: March 3, 2015 • Revised: April 1, 2015 • Accepted: November 2, 2015

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Abstract

Purpose
The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effect of empowerment in the relationship of nurse managers' authentic leadership, with nurses' organizational commitment and job satisfaction.
Methods
The participants in this study were 273 registered nurses working in five University hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. The measurements included the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire, Condition of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and Korea-Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, simple and multiple regression techniques with the SPSS 18.0 program. Mediation analysis was performed according to the Baron and Kenny method and Sobel test.
Results
There were significant correlations among authentic leadership, empowerment, organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Empowerment showed perfect mediating effects in the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational commitment. It had partial mediating effects in the relationship between authentic leadership and job satisfaction.
Conclusion
In this study, nurse managers' authentic leadership had significant influences on nurses organizational commitment and job satisfaction via empowerment. Therefore, to enhance nurses' organizational commitment and job satisfaction, it is necessary to build effective strategies to enhance nurse manager's authentic leadership and to develop empowering education programs for nurses.
Keywords: Nurse administrators; Leadership; Nurses; Power (Psychology); Job satisfaction

This manuscript is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from the Catholic University of Korea.

The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1

Model showing the influence of authentic leadership on organizational commitment and job satisfaction, and the mediating effect of empowerment.

Table 1

Differences in Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction by General Characteristics of Participants (N=273)

a, b, c: Scheffé test (means with the same letters are significantly different).

Table 2

Level of Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction (N=273)

Table 3

Correlational Relationships among the Variables (N=273)

Table 4

Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Commitment (N=273)

OC=Organizational commitment.

Table 5

Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Job Satisfaction (N=273)

JS=Job satisfaction.

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Influence of Nurse Managers' Authentic Leadership on Nurses' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Empowerment

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2016;46(1):100-108. Published online February 29, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.1.100

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Figure 1 Model showing the influence of authentic leadership on organizational commitment and job satisfaction, and the mediating effect of empowerment.

Figure 1

Influence of Nurse Managers' Authentic Leadership on Nurses' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Empowerment

Table 1

Differences in Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction by General Characteristics of Participants (N=273)

a, b, c: Scheffé test (means with the same letters are significantly different).

Table 2

Level of Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction (N=273)

Table 3

Correlational Relationships among the Variables (N=273)

Table 4

Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Commitment (N=273)

OC=Organizational commitment.

Table 5

Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Job Satisfaction (N=273)

JS=Job satisfaction.

Table 1 Differences in Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction by General Characteristics of Participants (N=273)

a, b, c: Scheffé test (means with the same letters are significantly different).

Table 2 Level of Authentic Leadership, Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction (N=273)

Table 3 Correlational Relationships among the Variables (N=273)

Table 4 Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Commitment (N=273)

OC=Organizational commitment.

Table 5 Mediating Effect of Empowerment in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Job Satisfaction (N=273)