@article{ref1,
title="Authentic leadership and its role in registered nurses' mental health and experiences of workplace bullying",
journal="SAGE open nursing",
year="2023",
author="Al-Hassan, Nadira Salman and Rayan, Ahmad Hussien and Baqeas, Manal Hassan and Hamaideh, Shaher H. and Khrais, Huthaifah",
volume="9",
number="",
pages="e23779608231185919-e23779608231185919",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Bullying is a widespread problem in healthcare organizations, resulting in nurses' poor mental health. Effective leadership, such as authentic leadership, may help to overcome this problem. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between authentic leadership, workplace bullying, and nurses' mental health, controlling for demographic characteristics. <br><br>METHODS: A descriptive correlational design was utilized with a sample of 170 nurses. Nurses were recruited from four private hospitals in Jordan and completed a survey about their perception of managers' authentic leadership, their experience of workplace bullying, and their mental health. <br><br>RESULTS: About 48.8%, 25.9%, and 25.3% were categorized as &quot;not bullied,&quot; &quot;occasionally bullied,&quot; and &quot;severely bullied,&quot; respectively. Participant nurses had mild depression (m = 12.11) and moderate anxiety (m = 10.92). Workplace bullying was higher among nurses who earn less than 600 Jordanian dinars and nurses working in the smallest hospital, with 130 beds. Authentic leadership explains 6% of the variance of workplace bullying, 3% of anxiety, 7% of stress, and 7% of depression above and beyond the variance explained by other variables. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Healthcare organizations are facing a challenge in providing a healthy work environment. Employing authentic leadership in the workplace could be one of the factors that could help in addressing this issue.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2377-9608",
doi="10.1177/23779608231185919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608231185919"
}