The influence of authentic leadership and empowerment on nurses’ relational social capital, mental health, and job satisfaction over the first year of practice

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dc.contributor.authorRead, Emily A.
dc.contributor.authorLaschinger, Heather K.S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T15:35:13Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T15:35:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAims: To examine a theoretical model testing the effects of authentic leadership, structural empowerment, and relational social capital on the mental health and job satisfaction of new graduate nurses over the first year of practice. Background: Relational social capital is an important interpersonal organizational resource that may foster new graduate nurses’ workplace wellbeing and promote retention. Evidence shows that authentic leadership and structural empowerment are key aspects of the work environment that support new graduate nurses, however the mediating role of relational social capital has yet to be explored. Design: A longitudinal survey design was used to test the hypothesized model. Methods: One hundred ninety-one new graduate nurses in Ontario with <2 years of experience completed mail surveys in Jan-March 2010 and 1 year later in 2011. Path analysis using structural equation modeling was used to test the theoretical model. Results: Participants were mostly female, working full-time in medicine/surgery or critical care. All measures demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity. Path analysis results supported our hypothesized model; structural empowerment mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and nurses’ relational social capital, which in turn had a negative effect on mental health symptoms and a positive effect on job satisfaction. All indirect paths in the model were significant. Conclusion: By creating structurally empowering work environments, authentic leaders foster relational social capital among new graduate nurses leading to positive health and retention outcomes
dc.description.copyrightThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Read, E. A. & Laschinger, H. K. S. (2015). The influence of authentic leadership and empowerment on nurses’ relational social capital, mental health, and job satisfaction over the first year of practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(7):1611–23. doi: 10.1111/jan.12625 which has been published in final form at https://doi-org.proxy.hil.unb.ca/10.1111/jan.12625 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
dc.identifier.issn1365-2648
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38005
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationOntario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
dc.relationUniversity of Toronto
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://doi-org.proxy.hil.unb.ca/10.1111/jan.12625
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineNursing
dc.titleThe influence of authentic leadership and empowerment on nurses’ relational social capital, mental health, and job satisfaction over the first year of practice
dc.typeresearch article
oaire.citation.endPage1623
oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.startPage1611
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Advanced Nursing
oaire.citation.volume71
oaire.license.conditionother
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aa

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