The chain mediating effect of psychological capital and work passion on transformational leadership and nurses'voice behav-ior

SUN Fengye; YUE Fangyan; DING Min; LI Li; GUO Yufang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-315x.2024.10.002

Abstract：Objective To explore the chain mediating effect of psychological capital and work passion in the influence mechanism of transformational leadership on nurses'voice behavior,providing theoretical basis for improving nurses'voice behavior and formulating inter⁃vention strategies to promote nurses'active voice.Methods A total of 4 052 nurses from 8 tertiary grade A hospitals in Shandong Province were investigated with general information questionnaire,Transformational Leadership Questionnaire,Psychological Capital Questionnaire,Pas⁃sion Scale and Voice Behavior Scale.Results The scores of transformational leadership,psychological capital,work passion,and voice behav⁃ior of nurses were(110.31±18.39),(92.47±16.10),(71.46±14.21),(37.99±8.81),respectively,and there was a positive correlation be⁃tween them(r=0.395～0.667,P<0.01).Mediation analysis showed that the direct effect of transformational leadership on nurses'voice behavior was not significant,while the indirect effect was significant.The total indirect effect of transformational leadership on nurses'voice behavior was 0.432,of which the mediating effect of psychological capital and work passion accounted for 85.87％and 4.93％of the total effect,respectively,and the chain mediating effect of the two accounted for 6.05％of the total effect.Conclusion Nurses'transformational leadership,psychological capital,and work passion are all at a high level,and voice behavior is at an upper-middle level.The chain mediation effect of psychological cap⁃ital and work passion in the mechanism of transformational leadership on nurses'voice behavior is established.Nursing managers should actively seek leadership reform through education and training,implement the concept of transformational leadership in nursing management practice,and help nurses develop psychological capital and improve their work passion,so as to further improve the level of nurses'voice behavior.