Linking transformational leadership, patient safety culture and work engagement in home care services
Peer reviewed, Journal article
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3046252Utgivelsesdato
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Originalversjon
Ree, E., & Wiig, S. (2020). Linking transformational leadership, patient safety culture and work engagement in home care services. Nursing open, 7(1), 256-264. 10.1002/nop2.386Sammendrag
Aim
To assess the relationship between transformational leadership, job demands, job resources, patient safety culture and work engagement in home care services.
Design
Cross-sectional survey.
Methods
Healthcare professionals in Norwegian home care services participated in the study (N = 139). Multiple regression analyses with patient safety culture and work engagement as outcomes and transformational leadership, job demands, job resources as predictors were conducted.
Results
The transformational leadership model explained 35.7% of the variance in patient safety culture. Adding job demands and resources and work engagement to the model increased the explained variance to 53.5%. The job resource “skill utilization” was the strongest predictor of work engagement. The full model with all predictor variables explained 28.2% of work engagement.
Conclusion
Transformational leadership has a significant impact on patient safety culture and work engagement in home care services. Employees' perceptions of job demands, available resources and engagement also affect patient safety culture.