TY - JOUR
T1 - Curbing nurses' burnout during COVID-19
T2 - The roles of servant leadership and psychological safety
AU - Ma, Ying
AU - Faraz, Naveed Ahmad
AU - Ahmed, Fawad
AU - Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid
AU - Saeed, Umair
AU - Mughal, Muhammad Farhan
AU - Raza, Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by Independent Innovation Research Foundation (grant number 2020IVA079), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Aims: This study examines the role of servant leadership through the mechanism of psychological safety in curbing nurses' burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have shown an increased level of stress and burnout among health care workers, especially nurses. This study responds to the call for research to explore the mechanisms of servant leadership in predicting nurses' burnout by employing the perspective of conservation of resources theory. Methods: Through a cross-sectional quantitative research design, data were collected in three waves from 443 nurses working in Pakistan's five public sector hospitals. Data were analysed by employing the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) technique. Results: Servant leadership (β = −0.318; 95% CI = 0.225, 0.416) and psychological safety (β = −0.342; CI = 0.143, 0.350) have an inverse relationship with nurses' burnout and explain 63.1% variance. Conclusions: Servant leadership significantly reduces nurses' burnout, and psychological safety mediates this relationship. Implications for Nursing Management: Human resource management policies in health care must emphasize training nursing leaders in servant leadership behaviour.
AB - Aims: This study examines the role of servant leadership through the mechanism of psychological safety in curbing nurses' burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have shown an increased level of stress and burnout among health care workers, especially nurses. This study responds to the call for research to explore the mechanisms of servant leadership in predicting nurses' burnout by employing the perspective of conservation of resources theory. Methods: Through a cross-sectional quantitative research design, data were collected in three waves from 443 nurses working in Pakistan's five public sector hospitals. Data were analysed by employing the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) technique. Results: Servant leadership (β = −0.318; 95% CI = 0.225, 0.416) and psychological safety (β = −0.342; CI = 0.143, 0.350) have an inverse relationship with nurses' burnout and explain 63.1% variance. Conclusions: Servant leadership significantly reduces nurses' burnout, and psychological safety mediates this relationship. Implications for Nursing Management: Human resource management policies in health care must emphasize training nursing leaders in servant leadership behaviour.
KW - COVID-19
KW - conservation of resources theory
KW - nurses' burnout
KW - psychological safety
KW - servant leadership
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U2 - 10.1111/jonm.13414
DO - 10.1111/jonm.13414
M3 - Article
C2 - 34259372
AN - SCOPUS:85113989364
SN - 0966-0429
VL - 29
SP - 2383
EP - 2391
JO - Journal of Nursing Management
JF - Journal of Nursing Management
IS - 8
ER -