Examining ethical leadership in health care organizations and its impacts on employee work attitudes: an empirical analysis from Austria
| Autor: | Christine Knapp, Martina Baumgartner, Eva Krczal, Arleta Franczukowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Value (ethics)
media_common.quotation_subject Organizational commitment Burnout 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Morals Job Satisfaction Originality Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Health care Humans media_common business.industry 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts Moderation Ethical leadership Leadership Attitude Austria Job satisfaction 060301 applied ethics Psychology business Social psychology Delivery of Health Care 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Leadership in health services (Bradford, England). |
| ISSN: | 1751-1887 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis study aims to examine the effects of ethical leadership on job satisfaction, affective commitment and burnout of health care employees, considering frustration tolerance and emotional stability as moderating variables.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was used to survey health care professionals working in private and public Austrian health-care organizations (hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and sanatoriums). The questionnaire consisted of items from well-established scales. The collected data (n = 458) was analyzed using correlation and regression analyzes.FindingsFindings indicated that ethical leadership is significantly positively related to job satisfaction (r = 0.485,p r = 0.461,p r= −0.347,p p p Practical implicationsEthical leadership emphasizes the socio-emotional dimension in a leader-employee relationship, which can easily be neglected in times of staff cuts and work overload. Leadership training should include the development of skills in how to visibly act as a moral person, as well as how to set clear ethical standards and communicate them to employees.Originality/valueThis study adds value to the limited evidence on the beneficial role of ethical leadership in health care settings. In addition, frustration tolerance and emotional stability have not before been investigated as moderators. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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