Park Taekyung, Pierce Barbara
Social Work Department, University of Nebraska at Kearney , Kearney, USA.
School of Social Work, Indiana University , Indianapolis, USA.
J Evid Based Soc Work (2019). 2020 Sep-Oct;17(5):576-592. doi: 10.1080/26408066.2020.1781729. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
This study examined a serial mediation model testing the effects of STS on turnover intention through executive leaders' use of transformational leadership as perceived by child welfare workers and then organizational commitment while controlling for age, gender, and social work degrees.
Survey data were collected from 264 child welfare workers at one Midwestern state.
The results supported the serial mediation model, corroborated by the finding that the impact of STS on turnover intention has disappeared as a result of transformational leadership and organizational commitment between the two variables.
The findings of the study provide practical implications for training transformational leadership styles to leaders training at the middle manager and executive leadership levels in child welfare agencies.
本研究检验了一个系列中介模型，该模型通过儿童福利工作者所感知的高层领导者运用变革型领导方式，进而检验员工组织承诺，来测试社工压力（STS）对离职意愿的影响，同时控制年龄、性别和社会工作学位等因素。
从美国中西部一个州的264名儿童福利工作者那里收集了调查数据。
结果支持了系列中介模型，这一发现证实了由于变革型领导方式和组织承诺在两个变量之间的作用，社工压力对离职意愿的影响已经消失。
该研究结果为儿童福利机构中对中层管理者和高层领导者进行变革型领导方式培训提供了实践意义。
