Nurse executive transformational leadership and organizational commitment

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Nursing Leadership

Background:

• Cultivating employee commitment is crucial for organizational success.
• Nurse leaders significantly influence nurses' organizational commitment.
• Understanding this dynamic is vital in acute care settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the link between nurse executive leadership and nurses' organizational commitment.
• To explore the impact of leadership styles on commitment in hospitals.

Main Methods:

• Utilized transformational leadership and Etzioni's organizational theories.
• Conducted a cross-sectional survey of nurse executives, managers, and staff nurses.
• Assessed leadership styles and organizational commitment using correlational and univariate analyses.

Main Results:

• Found a significant inverse relationship between nurse executive transformational/transactional leadership and alienative commitment.
• Demonstrated a positive association between nurse executive and nurse manager leadership.
• Nurse executive leadership impacts nurse manager leadership and nurses' commitment.

Conclusions:

• Nurse executive leadership influences nurse manager leadership and organizational commitment, even with role distance.
• Transformational leadership decreases alienative commitment.
• Highlights the importance of nurse executive leadership for nurse engagement in hospitals.