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Relationships among Mentoring, Empowerment, and Organizational Commitment in Nurse Leaders

Weese, Meghan M
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-6508
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1619191200443595

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Nursing.
As nearly half of nurse leaders plan to retire or choose to leave the profession in the next decade, a better understanding of organizational commitment and retention strategies is needed. A supportive work environment that provides opportunities for leadership development is essential to grow and retain competent nurse leaders. However, investing in development poses a challenge to employer return on investment in terms of cost, time, and expertise if leaders who gain knowledge and skill leave to seek better employment opportunities. The reasons why nurse leaders stay or leave an organization is an area with little research. The literature suggests mentoring is a strategy for creating an empowering work environment leading to commitment; however, there is limited empirical evidence. The study purpose was to examine relationships among mentoring, empowerment, and organizational commitment in nurse leaders. The study was conducted using an exploratory descriptive cross-sectional correlational design with survey methodology. The study employed a convenience sample of nurse leaders (n = 167) recruited from membership of a statewide nursing leadership professional organization in the Midwest. Participants completed a survey containing demographic items and five valid and reliable instruments: Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II, Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire, Mentoring Practice Inventory, Mentoring Benefits Inventory, and Three-Component Model Employee Commitment Survey. Survey methodology aligned with Dillman’s “Tailored Design Method” was used to distribute an online survey to the professional organization email list. Findings revealed the interplay of 20 moderate or strong positive and significant relationships among study variables in support of the proposed study model and contributed new knowledge that mentoring is positively and significantly related to empowerment and organizational commitment of nurse leaders. Mentoring practices and benefits had substantial or moderate positive relationships to structural empowerment and psychological empowerment in all areas. Workplace mentoring practices had a substantial positive relationship with structural empowerment and mentoring benefits, and a high moderate positive relationship with psychological empowerment, affective organizational commitment, and normative organizational commitment. Mentoring benefits were strongly correlated with individual mentoring practices, workplace mentoring practices, structural empowerment, and psychological empowerment, and moderately correlated with affective organizational commitment and normative organizational commitment.
Marlene Huff (Advisor)
Marlene Huff (Committee Chair)
Sheau-Huey Chui (Committee Member)
Aris Eliades (Committee Member)
Christine Graor (Committee Member)
Judith Juvancic-Heltzel (Committee Member)
Linda Shanks (Committee Member)
133 p.
Management; Nursing
mentoring; empowerment; organizational commitment; nurse leaders

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  • Weese, M. M. (2021). Relationships among Mentoring, Empowerment, and Organizational Commitment in Nurse Leaders [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1619191200443595

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weese, Meghan. Relationships among Mentoring, Empowerment, and Organizational Commitment in Nurse Leaders. 2021. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1619191200443595.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weese, Meghan. "Relationships among Mentoring, Empowerment, and Organizational Commitment in Nurse Leaders." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1619191200443595

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