The Association Between Inclusive Leadership and Job Performance in Nurses: Exploring the Mediation Roles of Grit and...

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Organizational Psychology
• Healthcare Management

Background:

• Nursing job performance is crucial for patient safety.
• Inclusive leadership positively impacts nurse outcomes.
• Mechanisms linking inclusive leadership to job performance require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the mediating roles of grit and work engagement in the relationship between inclusive leadership and nurse job performance.
• To understand how inclusive leadership influences nurses' job performance through psychological mechanisms.

Main Methods:

• A cross-sectional survey of 429 registered nurses in Sichuan Province, China.
• Validated measures for inclusive leadership, grit, work engagement, and job performance were used.
• Multiple mediation analyses were conducted using SPSS PROCESS macro.

Main Results:

• Inclusive leadership positively correlated with grit, work engagement, and job performance (p < 0.001).
• Grit and work engagement fully mediated the relationship between inclusive leadership and job performance.
• Significant indirect effects were observed through grit alone, work engagement alone, and sequentially via grit then work engagement.

Conclusions:

• Inclusive leadership significantly enhances nurses' job performance via grit and work engagement.
• Healthcare organizations should promote inclusive leadership and develop nurses' grit and engagement.
• Investing in these areas can indirectly improve patient outcomes by boosting nurse performance.