The effects of emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour on emergency staff nurses' workplace empowerment and
Carol Young-Ritchie1, Heather K Spence Laschinger, Carol Wong
1Medicine and Family Medicine Services, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to test a model exploring the relationships among emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour, workplace empowerment and commitment. A predictive, non-experimental design was used to test the model in a random sample of 300 emergency staff nurses working in Ontario. A path analysis supported the fully mediated hypothesized model (chi(2)=2.3, df=1, p > .05; CFI=.99, IFI=.99, RMSEA=.08). Perceived emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour had a strong direct effect on structural empowerment (beta=.54), which in turn had a strong direct effect on organizational commitment (beta=.61).
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