title: The mediating role of organizational justice in the relationship between transformational leadership and nurses' quality of work life: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The importance of transformational leadership for nurses' well-being is increasingly acknowledged. However, there is a paucity of research examining the mechanisms that may explain the relationships between transformational leadership and nurses' quality of work life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  First, to examine two possible psychological mechanisms that link transformational leadership behaviors to nurses' quality of work life. Second, to study the relationship between nurses' quality of work life and their work engagement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study design.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study took place in 47 different hematology, oncology, and hematology/oncology units in France. Participants were nurses and auxiliary nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  343 nurses completed the questionnaire. Surveys were sent to all nurses working in the units. 95% were female, the average age was 36.30 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurses were asked to rate their supervisor's transformational leadership style and their perceptions of distributive and interactional justice in the unit. They were also asked to evaluate their own level of quality of work life and their work engagement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Distributive justice and interactional justice were found to fully mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and nurses' quality of work life. In addition, nurses' quality of work life positively related to their work engagement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transformational leaders may help ensure nurses' quality of work life which in turn increases their work engagement. These leadership practices are thus beneficial for both employees and organization.
authors.affiliation: Psychologie des Âges de la Vie, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France. nicolas.gillet@univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fouquereau
authors.forename: Angélique
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonnaud-Antignac
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mokounkolo
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Nurses; Oncology; Organizational justice; Quality of work life; Transformational leadership; Work engagement