Effect of Empowering Leadership on Work Engagement and the Mediating Effect of Job Crafting among Clinical Nurses / 간호행정학회지

ABSTRACT

Purpose@#This study aimed to identify the effects of empowering leadership and job crafting on work engagement among nurses. @*Methods@#Data were collected from 161 hospital nurses. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and Hayes's PROCESS macro method for the mediation effect. @*Results@#Empowering leadership and job crafting showed a significantly positive correlation with work engagement. Furthermore, job crafting had a mediating effect on the relationship between empowering leadership and work engagement. @*Conclusion@#A strategy that enhances task job crafting and cognitive job crafting of members by strengthening manager's empowering leadership can lead to work engagement and have a positive effect on organizational performance.