Psychosocial safety climate and supportive leadership as vital enhancers of personal hope and resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of supportive leadership and psychosocial safety climate on personal hope and resilience among nurses during the pandemic. Conservation of resource theory was employed to explain the effects of psychosocial safety climate and supportive leadership on nurses' hope and resilience. A cross-sectional design was employed to collect data. Six-hundred and twenty-three nurses across 68 hospitals who were in direct contact with COVID-19 patients during the fifth wave of the pandemic in Iran were recruited. Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM) and Structural Equation Modelling using Amos were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that both psychosocial safety climate and supportive leadership improved personal resilience through personal hope. Findings showed that the positive relationship between supportive leadership and personal hope was stronger when the hospital-level psychosocial safety climate was high. To improve personal hope and resilience among nurses during critical times, hospital management must ensure consistent supportive leadership and establish policies, practices and procedures that support nurses' psychosocial health and safety at the hospital level.

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“…Resilient workers can effectively cope with setbacks, learn from experiences, and develop strategies to navigate through adversity, ultimately promoting their overall well-being and ability to thrive. [ 40 ] Hope Hope is an optimistic and positive state of mind characterised by the belief that things can improve or desired outcomes can be achieved. It involves having confidence, aspirations, and a sense of possibility for the future, even in challenging circumstances.…”

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“…environment(Park & Jang, 2022). For example,Siami et al (2023) confirmed that a psychological safety climate and supportive leadership are positively associated with personal psychological resilience.Öksüz et al (2019) also found that the nurses with greater perceived family support demonstrated higher levels of psychological resilience. Furthermore, the results of this study showed that the psychological resilience of most nurses needed to be improved.The group with high psychological resilience (Profile 3) accounted for 20% of the total sample.…”

“…Psychological resilience was able to be developed through a supportive environment (Park & Jang, 2022). For example, Siami et al (2023) confirmed that a psychological safety climate and supportive leadership are positively associated with personal psychological resilience. Öksüz et al (2019) also found that the nurses with greater perceived family support demonstrated higher levels of psychological resilience.…”

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