El-Gazar HE, Zoromba MA. Ethical Leadership, Flourishing, and Extra-Role Behavior Among Nurses.
SAGE Open Nurs 2021;
7:23779608211062669. [PMID:
35155773 PMCID:
PMC8832327 DOI:
10.1177/23779608211062669]
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Abstract
Introduction
The nursing literature is silent about the relationship between ethical
leadership, nurses’ flourishing, and extra-role behavior. This study was
carried out to contribute to the relevant field research.
Objective
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between
nurses’ perceptions of their nursing managers’ ethical leadership behavior,
nurses’ flourishing, and their extra-role behavior.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study involving 302 nurses from six hospitals in
Damietta City, Egypt. Data were collected using the following three
self-report scales: Ethical Leadership at Work questionnaire, Flourishing
Scale, and extra-role behavior scale. The data were analyzed using
descriptive statistical, Pearson correlation, regression analysis and the
structure equation model.
Results
There was a significant positive relationship between nursing managers’
ethical leadership, nurses’ flourishing, and extra-role behavior. The
regression analysis showed that the ethical leadership of nursing managers
and nurses’ flourishing predict extra-role behavior.
Conclusion
Nurses with a high level of flourishing and who work with a manager
exhibiting ethical leadership behavior are more likely to activate
extra-role behavior. Hence, it is recommended that nursing managers embrace
an ethical approach in their leadership practices and promote flourishing
among nurses to encourage them to go the extra the mile in their
jobs.
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