Authentic leadership and thriving among nurses: the mediating role of empathy

Mortier, Anneleen; Vlerick, Peter; Clays, Els

doi:10.1111/jonm.12329

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“…AL is found to influence healthcare staff in many positive ways (e.g. Malik et al, 2016;Mortier et al, 2016). This is probably why this research theme has been so studied.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…This research theme included research on many psychological and rather personal issues involving working life. To be precise, the studies in this category included research on AL's relationship with psychological wellbeing at work (Nelson et al, 2014), work engagement (Bamford et al, 2013;Stander et al, 2015), job satisfaction (Giallonardo et al, 2010;Wong and Spence Laschinger, 2013;Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2014b;Rahimnia and Sharifirad, 2015;Read and Spence Laschinger, 2015;Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2015;, creativity (Malik et al, 2016), two dimensions of thriving (learning and vitality) (Mortier et al, 2016), voice behaviour (Wong and Cummings, 2009;Wong et al, 2010), performance (Wong and Cummings, 2009;Wong and Spence Laschinger, 2013) Part of the mediating factors in these studies were individual issues, such as personal and social identification (Wong et al, 2010;, occupational coping self-efficacy , psychological capital (Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2014b), trust in organisation (Stander et al, 2015), trust in manager (Wong and Cummings, 2009;Wong et al, 2010), person-job match (Bamford et al, 2013;Spence Laschinger and Read, 2016), optimism (Stander et al, 2015), empathy (Mortier et al, 2016), job satisfaction (Spence Laschinger et al, 2012), work engagement (Giallonardo et al, 2010;Wong et al, 2010), attachment insecurity (Rahimnia and Sharifirad, 2015), emotional exhaustion (Spence Laschinger et al, 2012; Laschinger and Fida, 2014a; Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2014b), cynicism (Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2014a; Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2014b), and burnout . Other mediating factors, such as work climate (Nelson et al, 2014), civility norms (Spence Laschinger and , patient care quality (Spence Laschinger and Fida, 2015), use ...…”

Section: Wellbeing At Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Authentic leadership in healthcare: a scoping review

Malila

Lunkka

Suhonen

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review peer-reviewed original research articles on authentic leadership (AL) in health care to identify potential research gaps and present recommendations for future research. The objectives are to examine and map evidence of the main characteristics, research themes and methodologies in the studies. AL is a leader's non-authoritarian, ethical and transparent behaviour pattern. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review with thematic analysis was conducted. A three-step search strategy was used with database and manual searches. The included studies were composed of English language peer-reviewed original research articles referring to both AL and health care. Findings In total, 29 studies were included. The studies favoured Canadian nurses in acute care hospitals. AL was understood as its original definition. The review identified four research themes: well-being at work, patient care quality, work environment and AL promotion. Quantitative research methodology with the authentic leadership questionnaire and cross-sectional design were prevalent. Research limitations/implications Future research needs more variation in research themes, study populations, settings, organisations, work sectors, geographical origins and theory perspectives. Different research methodologies, such as qualitative and mixed methods research and longitudinal designs, should be used more. Originality/value This is presumably the first literature review to map the research on AL in health care.

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“…AL is found to influence healthcare staff in many positive ways (e.g. Malik et al, 2016;Mortier et al, 2016). This is probably why this research theme has been so studied.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Wellbeing At Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Authentic leadership in healthcare: a scoping review

Malila

Lunkka

Suhonen

2017

LHS

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“…In nursing, as a healthcare profession that is oriented to the patients’ care, empathy has a central role (Mortier et al, 2016). Therefore, empathy is expected to be a characteristic found in all nurses, independently of their specific role (Hojat, 2016).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professionalism and Occupational Well-Being: Similarities and Differences Among Latin American Health Professionals

2017

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Context: Empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning are described as key elements of professionalism. The first recipients of their benefits are professionals themselves. Paradoxically, scarce studies have reported association between professionalism and occupational well-being. The main purpose of this study was to characterize the influence that empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning, play in the occupational well-being of physicians and nurses working in Latin American healthcare institutions.Materials and Methods: The Jefferson Scale of Empathy, the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration, the Jefferson Scale of Physicians Lifelong Learning, and the Scale of Collateral Effects (somatization, exhaustion, and work alienation), were administered to 522 physicians and nurses working in institutions of Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina. Internal reliability was calculated. Gender and discipline were used as explanatory variables in comparison analysis. Two-way analysis of variance was performed to examine differences due to the main effects of the gender, and discipline, and to determine possible combined effects. Correlation analysis was performed to measure associations between collateral effects and age, and between collateral effects and professionalism.Results: A total of 353 (68%) surveys were returned fully completed. Adequate reliability was confirmed in all instruments. No differences were found among countries for collateral effects. Correlation analysis confirmed in physicians an inverse association between empathy and collateral effects (P = -0.16; p < 0.05), and between collateral effects and lifelong learning (P = -0.18; p < 0.01). In nurses, this association was confirmed only for empathy (P = -0.19; p < 0.05). Important differences in the development of professionalism and in its effects on occupational well-being appeared associated to inter-professional collaboration and work roles. An inverse correlation between age and collateral effects was confirmed in physicians (P = -0.22; p < 0.001) and in nurses (P = -28; p < 0.001). Comparison by gender confirmed higher somatization in women physicians and nurses than in men groups (p < 0.001). On the other hand, comparison by discipline confirmed higher exhaustion and alienation in physicians than in nurses (p < 0.01).Conclusion: The findings support the importance that empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning have in practitioners’ health and welfare, and the role that cultural behaviors, associated to work professional models and social stereotypes, play in the interaction between professionalism and occupational well-being.

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“…Moreover, nurses have to be vital to complete their required tasks successfully and impeccably. Therefore, vitality and learning, which are the subdimensions of thriving, have a crucial role in the nursing profession (Mortier, Vlerick, & Clays, ).…”

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The mediating role of thriving: Mindfulness and contextual performance among Turkish nurses

2020

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Aims To examine the role of thriving in the relationship between mindfulness and contextual performance. Background Thriving has been known as one of the most important components in the professional development of nurses. Previous studies have also shown that mindfulness and contextual performance have an effective role in workplace. Yet, we still know relatively little about the underlying mechanisms that explain the relationship among mindfulness, thriving and contextual performance in a nursing context. Methods Data were collected from nurses from various hospitals in Turkey (N = 398). We used the structural equation model to test the mediation model. Results Empirical results indicate that thriving mediates the link between employee mindfulness and contextual performance. Conclusions This study contributes to the existing literature on thriving by explaining the mediating mechanisms through which mindfulness affects contextual performance and provides implications for practitioners by showing that employees with higher levels of mindfulness engage in more extra‐role behaviours when their thriving is high. Implications for Nursing Management Managers should pay attention to finding ways to improve mindfulness and thriving in organisations in order to increase nurses’ contextual performance.

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Authentic leadership and thriving among nurses: the mediating role of empathy

Abstract: Training nurse managers in authentic leadership skills is important for the nursing field, as those skills help nurse managers to better express empathy and consequently foster thriving in nursing.

Cited by 90 publications

References 38 publications

Authentic leadership in healthcare: a scoping review

Authentic leadership in healthcare: a scoping review

Professionalism and Occupational Well-Being: Similarities and Differences Among Latin American Health Professionals

The mediating role of thriving: Mindfulness and contextual performance among Turkish nurses

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