Transformational leadership and work engagement as mediators on nurses’ job performance in healthcare clinics: work environment as a moderator
ISSN: 1751-1879
Article publication date: 25 April 2023
Issue publication date: 22 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the mediating effect of transformational leadership (TL) and work engagement (WE) on health-care clinic nurses’ performance and the crucial role of these variables in the work environment (WEV).
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 353 nurses working across various health-care clinics in the United Arab Emirates. This study used descriptive correlational statistics from the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, the Pearson correlation coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis for model validity, Cronbach’s alpha for reliability and path analysis to determine the results.
Findings
The relationship between TL and job performance among nurses in health-care clinics was strongly influenced by WE. In addition, a moderate WEV increased the positive influence of TL on job accomplishment. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the participants’ demographics characteristics and the main variables of the study.
Practical implications
Health-care management can support and enhance nurses’ job performance through TL, create a more structured WEV and support WE.
Originality/value
This study involves a specific investigation into WE as a mediator, WEV as a moderator and the effect of TL on nurses’ job performance.
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Acknowledgements
Funding information. No funding was provided for this project.
Ethical statement: Through participant consent, withholding participant identities, reporting only aggregate conclusions and destroying the raw data when the data analysis process was complete, we were able to retain and guarantee the anonymity of the study’s data. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Abu Dhabi University: File number: COBA-22-09-00027.
Data availability statement: Upon reasonable request, the researcher will provide appropriate data to support the study’s conclusions.
Citation
Hasan, A.A., Ahmad, S.Z. and Osman, A. (2023), "Transformational leadership and work engagement as mediators on nurses’ job performance in healthcare clinics: work environment as a moderator", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 36 No. 4, pp. 537-561. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-10-2022-0097
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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