The effect of inclusive leadership on clinical nurses'job performance:the mediating role of organizational self-esteem
MA Yuanyuan
NIU Jianpei
YU Aijuan
LIU Jinhua
WANG Juan
Abstract：Objective To explore the mediating role of organizational self-esteem between inclusive leadership and clinical nurses'job performance.Methods A total of 460 clinical nurses from 3 grade-A tertiary hospitals in Henan province were selected by convenience sampling method.Then,they were surveyed using the inclusive leadership scale(ILS),organizational based self-esteem scale(OBSES)and nurse job performance scale(NJPS).Results The NJPS score was(27.44±7.98)points,respectively,and the first value was positively correlated with the latter two values(r=0.49,P＜0.01;r=0.49,P＜0.01).Moreover,the OBSES score was positively correlated with the NJPS score(r=0.75,P＜0.01).The mediating effect test showed that organizational self-esteem had a partial mediating effect between inclusive leadership and clinical nurses'job performance,accounting for 68.42％of the total effect.Conclusion Inclusive leadership is directly related to the job performance of clinical nurses,and indirectly affects it through the partial mediating effect of organizational self-esteem.It is suggested that nursing managers should actively practice the management concept of inclusive leadership,as well as understand,respect and support clinical nurses to improve their perception of inclusive leadership,then improve their job performance.
Keywords：Inclusive leadershipClinical nursesJob performanceOrganization-based self-esteemMediating effect
Publication Date：2024-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 595-599 )