Sorour Marwa Samir, Abdelaliem Sally Mohammed Farghaly, Khattab Sabrein Ali Khalifa
Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
BMC Nurs. 2024 Oct 25;23(1):783. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02402-0.
This study was designed to examine the nurse managers' boundary-spacing leadership's impact on the relationship between nurses' work embeddedness and innovative work behaviors.
In today's evolving healthcare environment, innovation is essential for enhancing patient care, optimizing resources, and supporting healthcare professionals. Nurses are pivotal in driving bedside innovation, but cultivating a culture of innovation within nursing teams involves more than just promoting creative ideas.
This is a descriptive correlational study that was conducted at one governmental hospital in Tanta, Egypt. Using Nurse Managers Boundary-Spacing Scale for assessing boundary-spacing leadership, The Global Job Embeddedness Scale for measuring work embeddedness, and Innovative Work Behavior Scale for assessing innovative work behavior, 250 nurses were surveyed. Data analysis was run using descriptive and inferential analysis. Correlation and regression analysis were used to examine the study hypotheses.
There is a statistically significant positive relationship between boundary-spacing leadership and work embeddedness (r = 0.615, p < 0.001). Boundary-spacing leadership accounted for 56% of the variance in work embeddedness and 36% of the variance in nurses' innovative work performance. These results highlight the pivotal role of boundary-spacing leadership in both enhancing nurses' work embeddedness and boosting their innovative behaviors. The substantial variance explained by boundary-spacing leadership underscores its critical influence on fostering a supportive and innovative work environment within the nursing field.
Boundary spacing leadership style involves connecting internal and external resources, fostering information exchange, and advocating for the nursing team. While work embeddedness positively correlated with innovative work performance, its impact was less significant than boundary-spacing leadership. This suggests that feeling attached to the organization fosters innovation, but leadership style has a stronger influence. Furthermore, the study found a positive and significant correlation between innovative work performance and both work embeddedness and nurse managers' boundary spacing leadership.
The findings emphasize that boundary-spacing leadership is crucial for enhancing both nurses' work embeddedness and innovative behaviors. Healthcare organizations should focus on developing these leadership skills to create a supportive work environment, foster innovation, and improve staff retention.
本研究旨在探讨护士长的边界跨越型领导对护士工作嵌入性与创新工作行为之间关系的影响。
在当今不断发展的医疗环境中，创新对于提升患者护理水平、优化资源以及支持医护专业人员至关重要。护士在推动床边创新方面起着关键作用，但在护理团队中培育创新文化不仅仅是推广创意想法。
这是一项描述性相关性研究，在埃及坦塔的一家政府医院开展。使用护士长边界跨越量表评估边界跨越型领导，使用全球工作嵌入度量表测量工作嵌入性，使用创新工作行为量表评估创新工作行为，对250名护士进行了调查。数据分析采用描述性和推断性分析。相关性和回归分析用于检验研究假设。
边界跨越型领导与工作嵌入性之间存在统计学上显著的正相关关系（r = 0.615，p < 0.001）。边界跨越型领导解释了工作嵌入性方差的56%以及护士创新工作绩效方差的36%。这些结果凸显了边界跨越型领导在增强护士工作嵌入性和促进其创新行为方面的关键作用。边界跨越型领导所解释的大量方差强调了其对在护理领域营造支持性和创新性工作环境的关键影响。
边界跨越型领导风格涉及连接内部和外部资源、促进信息交流以及为护理团队代言。虽然工作嵌入性与创新工作绩效呈正相关，但其影响不如边界跨越型领导显著。这表明对组织的归属感促进了创新，但领导风格的影响更强。此外，研究发现创新工作绩效与工作嵌入性和护士长的边界跨越型领导均呈正相关且具有显著性。
研究结果强调，边界跨越型领导对于增强护士的工作嵌入性和创新行为至关重要。医疗保健组织应注重培养这些领导技能，以营造支持性的工作环境、促进创新并提高员工留存率。
