title: The effects of authentic leadership, organizational identification, and occupational coping self-efficacy on new graduate nurses' job turnover intentions in Canada.
abstract: Nurses' turnover has a costly impact on organizations, patients, and nurses. Numerous studies have highlighted the critical role of nursing leadership in enhancing new nurses' retention.
  
  
  
  To examine the influence of authentic leadership on new nurses' job turnover intentions through their personal identification with the leader, organizational identification, and occupational coping self-efficacy.
  
  
  
  Secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional national study of Canadian new graduate nurses was conducted using structural equation modeling.
  
  
  
  Authentic leadership had a significant positive effect on nurses' personal identification with their leader and their organization. Personal identification mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational identification. Organizational identification had a significant positive effect on occupational coping self-efficacy, which, in turn, had a negative effect on new graduate nurses' job turnover intentions.
  
  
  
  The findings demonstrate the vital role authentic leadership plays in retaining new graduate nurses. Authentic leaders foster personal and organizational identification among new graduate nurses, leading to increase in the confidence in their ability to manage work-related challenges, which subsequently results in positive outcomes in both new graduate nurses and the organization.
authors.affiliation: Arthur and Sonia Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: ffallata@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Fatmah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fallatah
authors.affiliation: Arthur Labatt Nursing Research Chair in Health Human Resource Optimization, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Heather K S
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Laschinger
authors.affiliation: Arthur and Sonia Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Authentic leadership; New graduate nurses; Occupational coping self-efficacy; Organizational identification; Personal identification; Turnover intention