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The relationship between servant leadership and nurses' in-role performance: The sequential mediating effects of job autonomy and emotional exhaustion.
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Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) . Apr2024, Vol. 80 Issue 4, p1440-1451. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aims: Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this study examines the underlying process through which servant leadership is associated with nurses' in-role performance. Specifically, we test the indirect effect of servant leadership on in-role performance via a sequential mediating mechanism of job autonomy and emotional exhaustion. Design: A time-lagged design was implemented using data gathered from two-wave online surveys (1 week apart) of registered nurses from Jiangsu Province, China. Methods: Between September 2022 and February 2023, we used Wenjuanxing and Credma, which are two powerful and user-friendly data collection platforms, to distribute online surveys to potential participants. We received a total of 220 usable responses and employed the PROCESS Model 4 and Model 6 to assess our proposed hypotheses. Results: Our proposed model was supported. Servant leadership has a positive indirect effect on nurses' in-role performance through job autonomy and emotional exhaustion. Job autonomy has a negative effect on emotional exhaustion. Additionally, job autonomy mediates the negative relationship between servant leadership and emotional exhaustion. Conclusion: The present research extends existing nursing studies by unravelling the complex mechanisms underlying the relationship between servant leadership and nurses' in-role performance. Our study also identifies the underlying mechanism of how servant leadership mitigates emotional exhaustion by supporting nurses' job autonomy. Impact: The sequential mediation results provide us with a more fine-grained understanding of the relationship between servant leadership and nurses' in-role performance. It further promotes job autonomy and decreases emotional exhaustion, which supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal #3 (Good Health and Well-being). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
*OCCUPATIONAL roles
*CRONBACH'S alpha
*LEADERSHIP
*STATISTICAL sampling
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*HEALTH promotion
*DATA analysis software
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
*JOB performance
*WELL-being
*VOCATIONAL guidance
*DISCRIMINANT analysis
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176848703
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15930