Effects of leadership characteristics on pediatric registered nurses' job satisfaction.
Job satisfaction levels among registered nurses (RNs) influence RN recruitment, retention, turnover, and patient outcomes. Researchers examining the relationship between characteristics of nursing leadership and RN job satisfaction have treated RNs as a monolithic group with little research on the satisfaction of hospital-based pediatric RNs. This study assessed the relationship of transformational and transactional nursing leadership characteristics and RN job satisfaction reported by pediatric RNs. This single site study included 935 hospital-based pediatric RNs who completed validated survey items regarding nursing leadership and job satisfaction. A structural equation model (SEM) was applied to assess how autonomy (transformational leadership) and distributive justice (transactional leadership) influence RN job satisfaction, and how RN socio-demographic characteristics influence job satisfaction via autonomy and distributive justice. Findings revealed that both autonomy and distributive justice had significant positive effects on RN job satisfaction but the largest source of influence was autonomy.
Reneé
R
Roberts-Turner
Pamela S
PS
Hinds
John
J
Nelson
Juanda
J
Pryor
Nellie C
NC
Robinson
Jichuan
J
Wang
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult